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Class council voting Monday at Saint Mary’s yielded a winner in the Class of 2005 race and set up run-off contests in the 2003 and 2004 elections. In the close 2005 election, the Sarah Brown ticket drew 51 per­ cent of the votes to defeat current class president Maureen GarvanOskielunas’ ticket. Brown’s run­ n ing m a te s in c lu d ed M ary H olland , vice p re s id e n t, Jill R oberts , se c re ta ry , and Shay Jolly, treasurer. “W e’re d e fin ite ly e x c ite d ,” Holland said. “The first thing we plan on doing is [to] s tart plan­ ning for next year.” About 27 percent of the class voted. The Rachel Finley and Nickey Prezioso tickets from the Class of 2003 will meet in a run-off elec­ tion Wednesday after earning 41 an d 30 p e rc e n t of th e vote, respectively, in the primary that had a 49 percent turnout for the Class of 2003. The incum bent ticket for the c lass of 2003, A lison Joseph , S te p h a n ie Pace , Erin W oloshansky and Kelly Logan, only received 26 percent of the vote and will not advance. F in ley ’s ru n n in g m ates a re Candace McElligott, vice presi­ dent, Erin Moran, secretary, and Torie Cox, treasurer. Prezioso’s running m ates are Kara Harms, vice president, Nina R eady, s e c re ta ry , an d Katie