Bobby Mills stood straight during the Elections Commission’s announcement of the results for student body president — noticeably absent was his competitor, Adam Compton.

Mills remained confident through the short announcement session and confident after he found out he had won the presidency by a 51.3 percent to 48.7 percent tally — separated by only 101 votes.

“I was like ‘wow,'” Mills said, nearly speechless. “Win or lose, I’ve enjoyed this experience.”

Greg Doucette defeated Jon Chichwak 60.8 percent to 39.2 percent in a heated Senate president race, while David Foxx took treasurer 50.5 percent to Scott Lassiter’s 49.5 percent.

Mills pushed his campaign over the past week, staying out late, talking to people and directing his fleet of box trucks.

“I took the grassroots approach — just meeting people,” Mills said. “I’ve been a people person, and I’m going to stay that way.”

As soon as Mills takes office, he said he will institute a 10-day promise.

“We’re going to get some things done so people can see we’re making a difference,” Mills said. “People haven’t seen what the student body can do.”

Compton, who said he left just before the results were announced, said the worst part is losing by so small a margin.

“[The worst part is] losing by 100 votes after doing everything you could do — you still come up short,” Compton said.

Compton commended Mills for his campaign and said he’ll do a great job as president.

“It was a lot of fun — you meet a lot of different people,” Compton said. “You learn a lot about the University and yourself.”

Although he admits it would be much easier to accomplish issues on his platform if he were president, Compton said he still wants to work to achieve them.

“I wouldn’t put them on [my platform] if I didn’t want to see them happen at N.C. State,” Compton said.

After a controversial campaign by both Doucette and Chichwak — one that is still up for review with the Elections Commission — both were present for the announcement of results.

Doucette jumped out of his seat upon hearing of his win, and was still shaking 10 minutes later.

“I’m absolutely stunned,” he said. “I didn’t think I had it. When you’re trying to campaign in four days, it’s next to impossible. I didn’t have the time or financial ability to really campaign — it was all through other people.”

The now 26-year-old Doucette said this position has been a long time coming, after first running for Senate president as a freshman and coming in third.

“When the student body rejects you like that, it’s a tough experience,” Doucette said. “This year I wanted to let other people have the limelight, but I knew I had to step in after [Sen. James Hankins] got kicked off the ballot.”

Chichwak said the negative campaign had an effect on the race, as people started to ignore the issues at hand.

“Toward the end, things got kind of out of hand,” Chichwak said. “I don’t think it shows [voters] cared, because it’s obvious people didn’t look at the issues other than this guy’s a UNC fan.”

With campaign violations still going in front of the Elections Commission and the Office of Student Conduct, Chichwak said he still has work to do

“With things between us and the Elections Commission not over yet, we’ll see how it turns out,” Chichwak said.

Deputy News Editor Saja Hindi and Senior Staff Writer Tabitha Earp contributed to this story.