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Heck yes, we’re here. Photographer Octavian Cantilli is covering the Swamp Party. Andrew Stanfill has Action and Nicole Safker’s with Nina and Pants.

Action Party’s Graham area candidate Warda Ali is celebrating her birthday /Andrew Stanfill

 Oh Nina / Nicole Safker

Hugs, not thugs.

University Editor Lyndsey Lewis receives a hug and a smooch on the cheek from Student Senate President Pro Tempore (and Swamp higher-up) Josh Weiss.

Detente!

Where is the love — part deux!

After a less-than-rousing cheer, the Swamp Party operatives are making their presence known with high-fives and yelling. What — no hugs from Swamp??

Swamped.

11:45 p.m.

We want the Swamp! Gotta vote that Swamp!”

Yes, friends, the blue shirts have arrived. And boy, do they ever make an entrance. Chanting, whooping, cheers. You’ve never seen white people so excited.

Gag me with a spoon.

I feel like I’m at Pita Pit at 3 a.m.

Oh God

Current music: “We want the Swamp / gotta have that Swamp”

Current mood: bowel-liquifying terror

Baker v. Alligator

Ryan Nelson cautiously approaches Team Alligator to inform us that Gavin Baker has started a blogging war against us.

Bring it on, Baker.

Prophecy

Prediction: Arturo Armand wins in a walk.  Nina DeJong cries.  Chris Chase cries.  I cry.

Jason’s prediction

11:39 p.m.

The prediction of the great seer Jason Lutin : Nina takes sorority votes, women’s groups, and some non-Greeks. Chris Chase takes the rest of the non-Greeks.

The victor? Arturo Armand with 53 percent of the vote.

Wonking off.

11:38 p.m.

SG Lobby Coordinator Jason Lutin has sauntered into Alligator Election Night Headquarters. But he’s not here to make predictions or offer tidbits of the juiciest SG gossip. He’s here to discuss tuition hikes with Special Projects Editor Justin Richards.

Substance? On SG Election Night?

Stranger things have happened.