Senator at Large Shreeya Sinha '09 won the Student Union presidency in a sweeping landslide, receiving more votes than her three competitors combined. Overwhelming voter support nullified the need for a final round of elections, with Sinha receving more than 50 percent of the votes in the primary Tuesday. "It hasn't sunk in yet that I'm president," Sinha said. "I'm honored that so many people had faith in me."

A year after current Union President Alison Schwartzbaum '08 ran unopposed for the office, Sinha went up against an intial field of five other candidates, though two droppped out before the primary. Her opponents, Jonathan D'Oleo '08, Senator at Large Andrew Brooks '09 and Iris Uzdil '09 couldn't garner near the amount of votes that Sinha did, who rode to victory at least in part because of fervent support from within the Union. She garnered 752 votes while D'Oleo received 289, Brooks received 284 and Uzdil came in fourth with 46.

"When I found out [I won], I just sat speechless," Sinha said.

Brooks, who was endorsed by former candidates Frank Golub '10 and Asher Tanenbaum '08, said, "Although I'm disappointed I didn't win, I'm still committed toward making Brandeis a better place and realizing the goals that I put forth in this campaign."

Union Secretary Alex Braver '09 won the vice-presidency.

"I'm excited and humbled and ready to do my best to make sure that things work next year in the Senate," Braver said moments after the unofficial election results were announced. Braver defeated Senator for Racial-Minority Students Christina Khemraj '09 by a vote of 601 to 316 in the second round.

Union Treasurer Choon Woo Ha '08, who ran unopposed, won a second term. In the first round, Senator for the Class of 2008 Michael Goldman defeated Jared Hirsh '10 by a margin of nearly 300 votes in the race for secretary. The new Finance Board members are Jordan Rothman '09, an incumbent, Emily Moignard '09, Amanda Hecker '10, Garrett Nada '10 and Tejas Kumar '10, who will serve as the representative for racial-minority students. Graham Miller '09, Jacob Bockelmann '09 and Zachary Pyle '09 were elected as representatives to the Alumni Association, Board of Trustees and Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, respectively.

Voters seemed unbothered by the resignations of two election commissioners who accused Sinha last week of taking credit for an idea they said was originally theirs. Senior Representative to the Board of Trustees Albert Cahn '07 and Director of Academic Affairs Jason Brodsky '07 left their posts as election commissioners after Sinha said she was interested in creating an endowed fund for prominent speakers-a plan that Cahn and Brodsky say they have been working on for about a year. Sinha announced the plan at a candidates' forum two weeks ago sponsored by the Justice.

Daniel Fried '07 voted for Sinha because his Ultimate Frisbee team had decided she was the best candidate to support club sports.

As for the newly elected president's goals, Sinha said, "The first thing I am going to do is get everyone on the same page and set a vision for the Student Union.