Wes Jones was elected Speaker of the UCF SGA Senate Thursday night, defeating Sen. Dodge by a vote of 25-21.
The SGA Senate Speaker spot opened up with when the new Senate was sworn in, after former Speaker Alan Hardman retired from SGA Senate — and his Speaker position — by deciding not to seek re-election to Senate at the expiration of his term. Hardman, who is currently running for Homecoming King, is expected to graduated before this new Speaker term is finished.
Hardman leaves the position just four months after he replaced Drew Pope, who suddenly and unexpectedly resigned in the middle of his term. At the time, Pope refused to comment about his resignation to KnightNews.com.
As for Jones, he continues a recent line of fraternity members holding the speaker spot. Jones is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, Hardman is a member of Phi Delta Theta and Pope is a member of Beta Theta Pi.
Check back to KnightNews.com for more major UCF SGA news throughout the year, including to find out who won SGA Protempore later tonight.
