John Blair | Senior Staff Photographer
Winning candidates, supporters and current board members celebrate after the Student Government Board announced election results at their weekly meeting Tuesday night in Nordy’s Place.
Ryan Young will serve as the president of Student Government Board for the 2023-24 school year. Young received 65.2% of the vote, defeating opponent Corbin Makar, an independent candidate, in Tuesday’s election — a margin of 620 votes.
Throughout his campaign, Young, who ran as a member of the Illuminate slate, said he would “make ending sexual misconduct a core mission of student government.” He said he felt grateful after hearing the results announced at Tuesday evening’s weekly SGB meeting.
“I’m feeling great,” Young said. “I’m really excited. I’m really thankful to everyone that voted. I’m really happy with the campaign we ran and I’m really excited to get to work next year.”
A total of 2,036 students voted in the election, which is about 11% of Pitt’s undergraduate student body. Turnout for this election is lower than last year, when 3,779 students turned out to vote.
Despite his loss, Makar said it was “overall a good race,” and thinks Young is well suited for the job.
“I think he’ll do really well, honestly, because working with Ryan has always been a joy and he always brings a new perspective to the organization,” Makar said. “So I’m really excited to see how it goes.”
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