It. Is. Over.

First off, congratulations to Kent and Ed. Their victories shouldn't have come as much of a surprise (although Jake and Ashley ran excellent campaigns for Secretary), and they will both do a great job.

I would also like to point out that nobody (including myself) was able to correctly guess all of the winners, mostly because very few of us expected Maia Tagami to win VP. She was my candidate of choice, and I am glad that she won. This was the closest of the elections, and I will go ahead and suggest that it was my endorsement that put her over the top.

The CERF Referendum dominated, although I kind of expected that. Drew Veysey is calling it an "irresistible mandate." One of my friends was quick to point out that it should not be confused Brad Pitt, the "irresistible man date." Get it?

Finally, my candidate of choice finished dead last in the race for the Presidency. Seth would have shaken things up, and I think that it is unfortunate that he won't get that chance. It is very difficult to run against the establishment when the establishment itself represents such a large voting block.

That said, huge kudos to the new AUSG President, Nate Bronstein. He had to defeat an incredibly impressive field, and he earned his victory. He will make a good President, and the students here will definitely have a very capable and impressive leader on their side next year.

Tonight should be about him and his victory. But at some point, the question will have to be asked: what would have been different if Nirvana were on the ballot? She ended up finishing third, about 200 votes behind Nate. Not bad for a write-in campaign, and I think that there will be some people (including myself) that will spend the next couple of days wondering how she might have done with her name on the ballot (as it should have been), or if Nate's name weren't on the ballot.

ALSO: If you want some election analysis that is actually good, check out Amy Chin and Jake Paul's Twitter page. Hilarious.