After a weeklong campaign period, Associated Students presented the winners of the 2026 election on Friday. Students gathered at Dirty Birds at 6:30 p.m. to hear the results. Representatives from each of the eight colleges and A.S. election manager Aries Cole announced the election results at 8:30 p.m.

A.S. voting opened on April 5 at 10 a.m. and closed on Friday at 4 p.m. Out of 33,489 undergraduate students, 6,351 participated, resulting in a 18.96% voter turnout. 

Voters elected next year’s president, executive vice president for student life, executive vice president for essential needs, executive vice president for external affairs, senator for transfer students, and senator for off-campus students. Within each college, students elected two representatives to sit on the A.S. Senate and college council. 

This year, A.S. utilized ranked-choice voting for races with more than two candidates. In races where no candidates polled at or above a 50% majority, instant runoff voting was used to decide the winner. 

President: Third-year William Simpson (incumbent) won 70.77% of the total vote share, earning 4,328 votes.

EVP for student life: Third-year Isey Guzman won 52.94% of the total vote share, earning 2,883 votes. 

EVP for essential needs, decided using IRV: Third-year Camila Gutierrez won 43.34% of the total vote share in the first round, earning 2,294 votes. After one opponent was eliminated, she won 56.53% of the vote share in the second round, earning 2,912 votes. 

EVP for external affairs, decided using IRV: Third-year Ricardo Miranda (incumbent) won 27.73% of the total vote share in the first round, earning 1,529 votes. After his two opponents were disqualified, he won 100% of the vote share in the second round, earning 5,214 votes.

Transfer senator (uncontested): Third-year Jay Gima won 100% of the total vote share, earning 4,941 votes. 

Off-campus senator (uncontested): Second-year Giuseppe Novello won 100% of the vote share, with 4,949 votes.

Revelle College senators: Nicole Najera won 55.83% of the total vote share with 345 votes, and Nabeeha Muhammad won 46.76% of the total vote share with 289 votes.

John Muir College senators: Sophia Soliman won 80% of the vote share with 484 votes, and Michael Pieniaszek won 67.60% of the vote share with 409 votes. 

Thurgood Marshall College senators: Elyas Tejeda won 48.51% of the vote share with 341 votes, and Melania Stadnik won 45.95% of the vote share with 323 votes. 

Earl Warren College senators: Daniel Sitanggang (incumbent) won 77.37% of the vote share with 510 votes, and Javier Luna won 73.44% of the vote share with 484 votes.

Eleanor Roosevelt College senators: Laila Ali won 56.52% of the vote share with 438 votes, and Taim Al-Faraje won 54.32% of the vote share with 421 votes.

Sixth College senator (uncontested): Sam Helvig (incumbent) won 100% of the vote share with 677 votes. A second candidate did not run for this position. 

Seventh College senator (uncontested): Kailey Le won 100% of the vote share with 729 votes. A second candidate did not run for this position. 

Eighth College senator (uncontested): Jonah Kravitz (incumbent) won 100% of the vote share with 394 votes. A second candidate did not run for this position. 

On Tuesday and Friday, respectively, A.S. disqualified Aydin Yelkovan and Kaleb Truchan from the electoral race for executive vice president for external affairs due to campaign misconduct in the A.S. Elections Code. 

Students can file grievances against candidates who commit unfair violations of election bylaws through the official A.S. elections website. After a candidate is issued a grievance, their qualification is determined in a hearing held by the Electoral Commission, which presides over grievances and determines their results. Outcomes can include issuing verbal, written, or formal warnings. Candidates can appeal the decision of their grievance hearing outcome to the judicial board, who has the final authority to uphold or reverse the decision of the Electoral Commission. 

A.S. explained the reasoning behind this election cycle’s grievances to The UCSD Guardian in a written statement. 

“Verbal warnings can be unlimited, and after three formal warnings, the candidates are auto disqualified,” the statement read. “Truchan and Yelkovan each racked up three.”

Following the election results announcements, A.S. President Simpson gave a short speech acknowledging his election and second term to the crowd of approximately 60 students outside of Dirty Birds. 

“The turnout is absolutely incredible,” Simpson said. “This is a true testament to the power of the people. My team has been incredible. … I think this is a testament that people actually care about policy. I’m incredibly excited to serve for one more year.”