Student body election results were released at 3:10 a.m. Wednesday morning, marking the end to the two-week campaign period and introducing a new executive branch for Student Government. At Student Senate’s Wednesday meeting, which began with a welcome speech by new Chancellor Randy Woodson, the four executive members were sworn in.

Kelly Hook, student body president-elect, said she was overwhelmed with the results.”I’m so lucky, I’m so excited, and I have to thank my amazing team,” Hook said. “I’m speechless.”

To her supporters, Hook said, she was thankful.

“I had an amazing hard-working team; I won because of the people around me,” Hook said. “Thank you, I don’t know what else to say, I’m so overwhelmed. I’ve been 56 hours with no sleep but I’m excited, let’s get stuff done right now.”

Lindsay Pullum, chair of the elections commission, said she was satisfied with the results of the election.

“It’s really rewarding, I’ve had a really great time,” Pullum said. “I’ve learned a lot and I’ve applied a lot of what I’ve learned and it’s been really exciting to see everyone’s reactions.”

Pullum said she is excited for the upcoming year.

“It’s been great to see everything pay off for this University,” Pullum said. “It’s been incredibly humbling and I’m really excited for everybody. Everyone’s worked really hard.”

Stephen Kouba, Student Senate president-elect, said he is looking forward to leading the students’ representative body.

“I’m really excited. It’s going to be a great year,” Kouba said. “It’ll be great to start a new administration fresh.”

Despite losing, some of the other student body president candidates were enthusiastic about the upcoming year and said they looked forward to continuing their service as student leaders.

Scott Goldsmith, sophomore in political science and student body president candidate, said the decision was up to the students; they made the decision.

Likewise, Zach Lego, junior in aerospace engineering and student body president candidate, said, “I didn’t win, but students spoke and they got the person they wanted to win.”

Lego and Goldsmith said they hoped to serve in other leadership positions next year, including serving in the Student Senate.

Kouba said the other candidates would be welcome because of their experience and desire to serve the campus. He said he hopes to see them next year.

According to the unofficial results provided by Lindsay Pullum, Hook was victorious over the other two final student body president candidates by more than 1,000 votes after the sixth round of the instant-runoff voting system. Hook had 51.7 percent of the vote in that round, Ches McDowell, junior in political science, was second with 32.8 percent and Woodward rounded out the top three with 15.6 percent of the total number of student body president ballots — there were 5,717 cast for the position.

According to Pullum, no candidates were disqualified for finance violations. All the candidates remained within their total campaign budgets. McDowell spent the most money with $847.49 in total expenditures, Hooks’ expenses were $842.34 and Matt Woodward spent the least of the top three, with $582.82.

Hook said she could not wait to begin her term as student body president.

“The University is going to be better,” Hook said.