Former VP Endorses Spencer and Ian

Citing their Experience and Passion as his main reasons for supporting the ticket, Former NISG Vice President, Jake Rudy, announced that he was supporting Spencer and Ian in Tuesday's edition of the Northern Iowan. A link to his letter to the editor can be found here.

Spencer was excited to receive the endorsement of Rudy. "I'm very honored that Jake chose to officially endorse us. Jake was a great student body vice president and to have his approval of our ticket means a great deal to us. Jake Rudy has done the job before - he knows what's going to be expected of us and what's going to challenge us. This endorsement says to me that he knows that we are the best people for the job. We are very grateful that out of all of the qualified candidates, he chose to endorse us."

So what does this mean? Will it have any impact on the outcome of the race? In all actuality, probably not. It does serve as a confidence booster for the candidates and gives them a talking point when speaking with groups. As far as the influence that it will have; like myself, Jake is a 5th year senior at UNI and a lot of our friends have graduated. He still has an extensive list of Facebook friends who will see his "Spencer and Ian-ified" profile and I have already heard from a couple people that, "If that is who Jake is voting for, well I will vote for them too."

In the past endorsements have been both positive and negative. In the Bentley-Doudna vs. Cezar-Lobdell election, Bentley-Doudna touted an endorsement list of almost the entire senate. They even were endorsed by the NISG President and Speaker of the Senate. But Cezar-Lobdell released a newspaper ad (Seen Here) that stated "What's more important to us than Senator endorsements? Your endorsement." Pretty clever response if you ask me.

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the campaign cycle pans out and who chooses to make endorsements. It is highly unlikely that President Anderson will announce anything because of the divided support for the candidates amongst the Executive Branch, and that is probably a good thing. During election times, it can be easy for those in NISG to forget that they are still supposed to be working, so it is probably for the best that they stay out of the fray. As endorsements roll in, we will have them for you here.