The American University student body voted this week to fill the vacant seats in the Student Government Senate, including class, school department and at-large representatives.
More than 850 students voted in the fall 2025 election, a significant decline from the 2024 fall elections where over 2,000 students cast ballots on multiple referendums relating to potential arming of the AU Police Department, divestment from Israel and rescinding the University’s long-standing opposition to boycotts. That semester saw the highest voter turnout of any fall election in recent years.
No referendums appeared on this semester’s ballot. The one attempt, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International’s Firewall for Freedom campaign, failed to get the 400 student signatures needed to appear on the ballot.
Offices that were filled include: two senators-at-large, two Class of 2026 and 2029 senators, one senator for each school, except in the Kogod School of Business, where two senate seats were filled. Also filled were one College of Arts & Sciences secretary, one Kogod treasurer, one School of Education vice president and the School of Communication president, vice president and secretary offices. Undergraduate councils plan events and community-building initiatives for their respective schools while also addressing on-campus advocacy issues.
The results are listed below. The SOC treasurer position was the only seat not filled. Not all totals add up to 100 percent due to circumstances where voters did not cast votes for every office on the ballot.
Declared write-in winners made it known to the Office of Elections that they would be running for their intended position, while undeclared write-in winners won a spontaneous election and were then asked to accept their position.
Senators-at-large
Scotty Barton with 24 percent of the vote
Yullian Pereira with 21 percent of the vote
Class of 2026 senator
Thomas Langford with 67 percent of the vote
Noam Emerson-Fleming (declared write-in) with 8 percent of the vote
Class of 2027 senator
Nate Wright with 93 percent of the vote
Class of 2029 senator
Lucas Brama with 20.5 percent of the vote
Raven Scott with 15 percent of the vote
CAS senator
Samuel Elkon with 99 percent of the vote
SOE senator
Demar Goodman with 100 percent of the vote
School of International Service senator
Zuzu Abulu with 39 percent of the vote
School of Public Affairs senator
Eva Blanco with 59 percent of the vote
SOC senator
Ahmad Todd (undeclared write-in) with 29 percent of the vote
KSB senator
Ava Heineken with 58 percent of the vote
Yonus Hashimi with 40 percent of the vote
CAS Undergraduate Council secretary
Zoe Likely with 98 percent of the vote
KSB Undergraduate Council treasurer
Angella Pulido with 95 percent of the vote
SOC Undergraduate Council president
Nasaiah Algarin confirmed by the AUSG Senate
SOC Undergraduate Council vice president
Sofia Samokhina with 100 percent of the vote
SOC Undergraduate Council secretary
Christina Plummer with 94 percent of the vote
SOE Undergraduate Council vice president
Katherine Anderson with 100 percent of the vote
This article was edited by Payton Anderson, Owen Auston-Babcock, Abigail Hatting and Walker Whalen. Copy editing done by Sabine Kanter-Huchting.
