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Kate Myers

Karolina Heathcock hugs Easton Wamble after being announced Student Association vice-president.

“I’m so ecstatic,” vice-president-elect Karolina Heathcock said. “I have tears in my eyes. Everything is awesome.”

Cheers erupted as Cameron Cummings and Karolina Heathcock were announced as the winners of the Student Association election runoff at Lee Hall on Thursday night.

The Cummings-Heathcock ticket received 52% of the vote, compared with the 48% that the Helton-O’Connor ticket achieved. Turnout for the election was low, with only 12% of Mississippi State University’s student population casting their vote.

President-elect Cummings credited the victory to strong community support.

“It was not only myself, but the people around me that pushed me and supported me throughout this entire process, so I couldn’t do it without them because obviously it is an elected position,” Cummings said. “It was people who believed me and trusted what I had to do and what I wanted to do for Mississippi State.”

The duo is expected to be sworn in at the Student Association banquet later in the semester.