After the polls closed at 8 p.m. on March 30, Douglas Baldino, a junior business technology analytics and risk management and insurance double major, and Abigail McKenzie, a sophomore English and strategic communications double major, were declared as the 2026-27 Student Government Association (SGA) president and vice president, respectively.
Over the 12-hour period, 1,154 students voted — over 600 more than last year. The Baldino-McKenzie ticket received 66% of the votes, and their opponents, the Elrod-Gahl ticket, received 32%.
President-elect Douglas Baldino served as director of finance and facilities for the 2025-26 school year. Vice president-elect Abigail McKenzie was the academic affairs chair and class of 2028 senator for the current school year.
The Baldino-McKenzie campaign was founded on three pillars: effective governance, voice and action and purposeful progress. Some goals that the pair had brought up in the SGA presidential debate on March 25 included establishing an event coordinator position, holding monthly town hall meetings for the student body to attend, strengthening relations with the Indiana Student Government Coalition, building upon current transportation partnerships and working with the Butler Gateway Project to get more involved in the development of the Midtown Arts District.
Alongside the presidential election, on March 30, it was announced that the 2025-26 speaker of the Senate, Brenna Bailey, had resigned, effective immediately. Laney Elliott has been elected as the next speaker of the Senate for the remainder of the school year and for the upcoming year.
There were also eight uncontested Senate races; the following students were elected by default.
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Senator
Reagan Wagner
College of Communication Senator
Isabel Stokes
Lacy School of Business Senators
Chloe Bourne
Joely Jensen
College of Education Senator
Larianna Joseph
Class of 2027 Senator
Kasi Harner
Class of 2028 Senator
Reagan Schultz
Each senator will serve their term for the 2026-27 school year. There are vacant seats for the Class of 2027, the Class of 2028, the Class of 2029, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Jordan College of the Arts, Lacy School of Business, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Founders College.