After months of campaigning, Nate Spriggs and Kate Bormann, better known by their campaign slogan "Nate & Kate", have won the positions of student body president and vice president, respectively.

Spriggs, a junior in agricultural economics, and Bormann, a senior in agricultural communications and journalism, won the election with 2,667 votes compared to John Grice and Natalie Rauth's 2,113 votes.

The crowd awaiting the results of the election at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house erupted into cheers and applause once the results were announced. Spriggs and Bormann received several hugs and congratulations upon their victory.

With his mother by his side, Spriggs thanked his and Bormann's supporters and told the crowd that their win was a result of volunteer efforts to "get the vote out."

"I would say above all, past the tangible issues and achievable issues, hard work is really what won this election for us," said Eli Schooley, campaign manager and sophomore in pre-medicine.

Spriggs and Bormann campaigned with four committee chairs along with campaign slogans placed strategically around campus.

"In addition, for the last two days we've had a ‘get the vote' room reserved in the Union and we've had volunteers constantly around the clock, from 8 to 4 in the afternoon calling everyone they knew," Schooley said.

Bormann believes that due to their efforts prior to the election, many of the programs will be "fairly simple to implement."

One of the campaign's promises include a new entertainment program, in which students will be able to buy an iCAT-type of ticket for entertainment events up front instead of paying for each individual event.

"The entertainment program we want to have up and running by orientation this August so that freshman will be able to buy their tickets then," Spriggs said.

Spriggs, a member of Delta Sigma Phi, held the celebration party. In addition to members of Delta Sigma Phi, Bormann's sorority, Alpha Delta Phi were also in attendance, including Ashley Ott, Bormann's sorority sister.

"I knew them before they started to run and I love how much effort they put into everything they do by always thinking about what's best for everyone and not just themselves," said Ott, a freshman in psychology.

One of the best ways in which the word was spread about Spriggs and Bormann's campaign was through "Nate & Kate" speaking engagements.

"Our campaign strategy from the beginning was to visit as many clubs and organizations as we could," Schooley said. "We visited near 100 organizations in the past month and a half."

Spriggs said that he will continue to visit with organizations, a practice they used while campaigning.

"Kate and I plan to continue with the public relations approach to the campaign process," Spriggs said. "It was tiring but we really enjoyed it."

Bormann is also looking to the future as SGA vice president.

"I am very, very excited to work with student governing association as a whole," Bormann said. "It's a very important organization that we have here on campus. They make a lot of big decisions that affect all 23,000 K-State students and that's a big deal. To get to be a part and be a leader is a tremendous honor."

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