UF student elections: Gator Party sweeps Change Party, Communist Party
by Aron Ali-McClory
Over the past month, the spring 2022 elections at the University of Florida were held, with 50 Senate seats proportioned to the university’s various colleges at stake, as well as the lucrative “executive ticket,” composed of a party’s presidential, vice presidential, and treasurer candidates.
Three political parties were running candidates for the Student Senate: Communist Party, Change Party, and Gator Party. The latter two parties both fielded executive ticket candidates – the Communist Party did not. The Change Party made history by fielding UF’s first all Black, queer, and femme slate of candidates for their executive ticket.
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