Adam Swart, an independent presidential candidate, has dropped out of the undergraduate student government election.
Swart, a second-year political science student, is now endorsing Bruins United presidential candidate Emily Resnick and the rest of her slate.
“We share the same vision,” Swart said of the Bruins United candidates. “As an independent, I don’t have the resources to pursue these goals nearly as well, but a Bruins United council next year would be able to implement a lot of the changes that I envision.”
Swart said he plans to campaign for Resnick, but did not comment on whether or not he would be an official part of her campaign team.
Before Swart dropped out of the race, he said that, if elected, he would make all other presidential candidates part of his administration.
He now said he can imagine working with Resnick, a third-year psychobiology student, in some capacity if she is elected.
Matt Spring, the Students First! candidate and a third-year political science student, said he was surprised at Swart’s decision to drop out of the race. Spring and Resnick are both general representatives on this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council.
Spring said he respected Swart’s campaign and believed they both had a similar vision for addressing student affordability next year.
Daniel Yadegari, the other independent candidate, also said he was surprised that Swart decided to drop out of the race. While he acknowledged that being an independent candidate meant he didn’t have access to slate funds or manpower, he said he intended to see this race through.
Gustavo Gevara, Swart’s campaign manager and a fourth-year political science student, said he was disappointed by Swart’s decision to drop out of the race.
Gevara said Swart was gaining popularity as a candidate and had a fair chance of winning the election. Gevara said Swart had mentioned the idea to him Sunday night, but confirmed his intention to drop out this morning.
Gevara said Swart understood the difficulties that would arise if he was elected as an independent while all other commissioners were slate representatives.