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2026 Certified Student Election Results

February 17-19, 2026

Certified results are also available as a Word document (docx).

Total Number of Voters: 2,067 (Represents eligible students who voted in the election)

  • The College of Law, College of Veterinary Medicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine elect senators within the college. Students in these colleges can vote of referendum, SORF, Student Trustee and Student Body President & Vice President.
  • To be eligible to vote, students must be enrolled in at least one credit hour. Campus enrollment includes non-degreed academic programs.
  • Students are not required to vote in each race.

Urbana Campus Sp26 10 Day Enrollment: 57,851 (Includes undergraduate, professional, graduate, full and part-time students, specialized)

Overall Campus Participation Rate: 3.57%

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Illinois Student Council — Student Body President & Vice President

TicketCountPercentage
Jaden Campbell & Ethan Lopez99554.0%
Gabi DalSanto & Omer Mohsin84846.0%
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Student Trustee

CandidateCountPercentage
Gabi Stewart94252.1%
Grayson Hodson68537.9%
Patrick Holt18010.0%
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Illinois Student Council — Student Representatives

For Representative Elections, the percentage is the percent of ballots with eligible votes (not blank or “No Vote” on which the candidate was selected).

College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences – 3 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Mia Gimbel11375.8%
Diya Bhattacharya10167.8%
Melony Esquivel8657.7%
Bradley Burla96.0%

College of Education – 1 Seat

CandidateCountPercentage
Keren Brown32100%

College of Fine & Applied Arts – 2 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Wyatt Snopko67100%

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - 12 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Ethan Lopez40459.2%
Rylee Graves39357.6%
Daniela Silvio34450.4%
Sophia Boyer29943.8%
Aidan McDowell25036.7%
Reynaldo Aranda Camas24135.3%
Tegan Groom18627.3%

Division of Exploratory Studies Administration – 2 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Andrea Hernandez4686.8%
Aadit Bhatia2343.4%

Grainger College of Engineering – 8 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Zainab Memon19056.2%
Ryan Lim16649.1%
Ibrahim Anwar16047.3%
Kevin Wu15746.4%
Katherine Ducoff13439.6%
Anagh Sarda11233.1%
Sahil Jain11233.1%
Ben McGovern8625.4%
David Black7321.6%

Graduate College – 5 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Tourna Khan139100%

School of Social Work

CandidateCountPercentage
Gavin Loeffelholz18100%
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The University Senate — Student Senators

For Senator Elections, the percentage is the percent of ballots with eligible votes (not blank or “No Vote” on which the candidate was selected).

College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences – 3 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Diya Bhattacharya10172.7%
Melony Esquivel9266.2%
Patrick Holt7956.8%
Bradley Burla1611.5%

College of Education – 1 Seat

CandidateCountPercentage
Keren Brown29100%

College of Fine & Applied Arts – 2 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Sabrina Fellinger74100%

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences - 14 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Grayson Hodson34852.0%
Rylee Graves34751.9%
Ethan Lopez34050.8%
Finn Powell25938.7%
Collin Caldwell21532.1%
Reynaldo Aranda Camas21131.5%
Aidan McDowell20430.5%
Allison McLevige20130.0%
Tyler Garrett17926.8%
Tegan Groom16424.5%

Division of Exploratory Studies Administration – 3 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Anthony Knebel46100%

Grainger College of Engineering - 8 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Myles Johnson15552.9%
Ryan Lim14950.9%
Kevin Wu13847.1%
Ibrahim Anwar13445.7%
Anagh Sarda10636.2%
Ryan Yin10335.2%
Rafi Nagorsky10234.8%
David Black8228.0%

Graduate College – 11 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Grant Witynski136100%
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Student Organization Resource Fee (SORF) Board

Undergraduate Membership – 11 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Diya Bhattacharya89859.2%
Kevin Wu85756.5%
Collin Crook70346.4%
Dylan Sarsany69846.0%
Patrick Holt60139.6%
Abigail Alcozer59839.4%
Sam Royer56036.9%

Graduate Membership – 3 Seats

CandidateCountPercentage
Tourna Khan1365100%
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Referenda Questions

Campus Transportation Fee

Do you support the Campus Transportation Fee, which funds the continued student access to all Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) bus services and routes?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes180794.1%
No1135.9%

Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee (CET)

Do you support renewing the Cleaner Energy Technologies Fee, collected each semester, for up to four years beginning July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2031?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes167991.7%
No1518.3%

Legacy of Service and Learning Scholarship Fee (LSLS)

Do you support renewing the Legacy of Service and Learning Scholarship Fee, each fall and spring semester from July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2031?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes142182.9%
No29317.1%

Sustainable Campus Environment Fee (SCEF)

Do you support renewing the Sustainable Campus Environment Fee (SCEF), collected each fall and spring semester, beginning July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2031?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes153887.3%
No22312.7%

University Involvement in the Champaign County Reparations Commission

Shall UIUC study, repair, and prevent harms caused by racial injustice by following Urbana in providing the necessary resources to join Champaign County’s reparations commission?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes154787.1%
No22912.9%

University Policy on Expressive Activity on Campus

Do you believe University Expressive Activity on Campus (FO-82) policy infringes on students’ free speech through restrictions on protest sound, signage, movement, time, and location?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes135583.6%
No26516.4%

Illinois Student Government Constitution

Do you approve of the proposed Illinois Student Government Constitution?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes122193.3%
No876.7%

Relaxing community service requirements for the Legacy of Service and Learning Scholarship

Do you support reducing the service requirement from 50 to 25 hours each year for scholarship recipients?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes122475.9%
No38924.1%

Fee for Independent Student Government Funding

Do you approve a semesterly student-initiated fee of $1.00 to fund student government, allowing expanded services to the student body?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes125777.0%
No37523.0%

Collegiate Readership Fee

Do you support reinstating the Collegiate Readership Fee, collected each semester, at $2.00, providing students with access to major news publications?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes143585.4%
No24514.6%

Changing The University of Illinois System Investment Policy on Fossil Fuel Companies

Should the University of Illinois System change its investment policy to exclude fossil fuel companies?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes145086.6%
No22413.4%

Democratic Process for Student Election Code Amendments

Shall amendments to the Student Election Code by made exclusively by a student-led entity representative of the Illinois Student Body?

SelectionCountPercent
Yes112581.7%
No25218.3%

Illinois Campus App Fee

Do you support an Illinois Campus App Fee of $10.00 each semester to finance the operation and development of the Illinois App and Rokwire platform?

SelectionCountPercent
No98064.1%
Yes55035.9%