Both Mighty Oregon candidate Taylor Allison and Ducks Like You candidate Beatriz Gutierrez will continue into a second week of elections after the primary election results were released Friday afternoon.
Fresh Start Oregon candidate Thomas Tullis received 183 votes, officially removing him from the presidential race.
Allison received 48 percent of the 4,175 votes cast for a presidential candidate. Gutierrez received 43 percent of the votes and Tullis received 4 percent.
Allison needed 78 additional votes to capture the majority and the presidential seat.
“Campaigns are always close, and this year was especially close. We got the majority of the votes in this election, and we’re confident that we’ll be able to do it again next week.” Allison said. ”We’re really excited for getting a lot of the senate and finance committee seats. I’m really happy that many of our slate members will work at the ASUO next year.”
Beatriz Gutierrez could not be reached for comment.
This year saw a 17 percent decrease in voter turnout for the presidential candidate compared to the 2013 ASUO elections, but that decrease was most likely due to the change of election rules that banned campaigns from collecting votes at campaign tents.