ASU students elected Sophie O'Keefe-Zelman and Julie Johnson Undergraduate Student Government president and vice president Wednesday night with about 63 percent of the votes.
Opponents Zach Gingg and Ryan Owens received the other 37 percent in the runoff election.
Overall, 1,788 students voted, a 4.5 percent turnout. O'Keefe-Zelman and Johnson received 1,129 votes, while Gingg and Owens received 659.
"This is absolutely amazing," O'Keefe-Zelman said. "I'm so overwhelmed."
Before the results were announced, she expressed concerns that students wouldn't vote this time because they had already voted once. O'Keefe-Zelman and Johnson received 1,045 in the first election.
Since O'Keefe-Zelman and Johnson received less than 50 percent of votes in the first election, the runoff between the top two campaigns became necessary.
Running mate Johnson yelled, "That is so awesome!" when Elections Director Mary Fiorella announced the results.
"We're thankful that more people came out and supported us," she said. "We were on the edge of our seats the whole time."
Political science freshman Jason Beazley, who worked as O'Keefe-Zelman's campaign coordinator, said he thought students made a well-informed decision.
"It really reflects on the quality of the candidates," he said. "Everyone was running for the right reasons."
Owens said he and Gingg did their best, but "now it's time to move on."
"We got a lot of great responses from different groups," he said.
He said the student government did not promote the election very well, which may have affected voter turnout.
Gingg said of Johnson and O'Keefe-Zelman, "They ran a tough campaign ... I think we made a good run at it."
Gingg and Owens received almost 300 more votes in this election than in the first, when they received 389.
Two amendments passed with more than 70 percent of the votes.
The amendment that removed the position of statistics and research director received 800 yes votes and 229 no votes.
The amendment that moved the position of treasury director to the USG president's office received 734 yes votes and 278 no votes.
Fiorella said the election ran smoothly, despite information for the amendments not being available to everyone until noon Tuesday. Also, the drop-add option was available online Wednesday, which created a rush on the server, she said.
Reach the reporter at lindsay.butler@asu.edu.
