UPDATE 5:50 PM We are getting word that Aileen Garcia and Samantha Friefeld did not have the required 500 signatures needed for their candidacy to be approved. It looks like this will be a two-ticket race between Seeff/Wolkenfield and Kilbride/Lochrane.
We will assign a reporter to cover each ticket, and bring you much more on these candidates as our SGA Presidential Coverage 2010 continues.
UPDATE 5:28
KnightNews.com has confirmed the following three tickets have turned in paperwork to run for SGA President this spring:
1. Aileen Garcia and Samantha Friefeld
2. Daniel Seeff and Kevin Wolkenfield
3. Mike Kilbride and Taylor Lochrane.
The SGA Elections Commission is reviewing the paperwork. We will let you know if and when these tickets are officially approved.
Original breaking news story from 3:56 p.m.
UCF SGA insiders have been telling KnightNews.com Mike Kilbride had been planning a presidential run for weeks, but within the last hour we’ve learned another candidate has just decided to challenge him for the top campus leadership spot.
Daniel Seeff and Kevin Wolkenfield were spotted outside of the UCF Student Union late Thursday afternoon, racing to get the required 500 signatures needed to declare candidacy before today’s deadline.
ELECTION PREVIEW STORY: Read the story, complete with an interview from Chief EC
Up until just a few hours ago, KnightNews.com had not heard of any challengers to the Kilbride ticket, which is rumored to include Taylor Lochrane as his vice-president. There were rumors the recently crowned UCF Homecoming King Kyle Schumacher, and current UCF IFC President was considering running, but it appears he has chosen not to throw his hat in the ring.
It’s still not clear which spot on the ticket — president or vice president — Seeff or Wolkenfield will go for. KnightNews.com is working to get this information and will be there for the official declarations filings, which is expected at 5 p.m.
We will have much more on this major story as it develops.
