Ryan Doll became the first-ever ISU student elected to Ames City Council after Tuesday’s run-off election.

Unofficial poll results showed Doll, senior in political science, received approximately 58 percent of the ballots with 623 votes, while incumbent Daryle Vegge received approximately 42 percent with 458 votes.

Doll, who, along with around 60 supporters, gathered at the Maintenance Shop at the Memorial Union to await the election results, said he felt added pressure as the first student elected to the council.

“I know I’ll be judged as the one who broke that barrier,” Doll said. “We’re going to continue the work we did with the campaign to unite students with the rest of the community.”

Vegge has served on council since January 2002 and was unavailable for comment at press time.

Although Doll will graduate from Iowa State in December, he still plans to encourage more student participation in city politics after taking office.

“That’s one of the biggest things I wanted to do with this campaign,” he said.

Doll plans to work on shortening the term lengths for city commissions, he said, to make student participation more convenient in city politics, even though a similar initiative failed during a special election last year.

Mayor-elect Ann Campbell, who attended the celebration at the M-Shop, said she looks forward to working with Doll and getting his perspectives on the council.

“I would hate to have the entire council to be of the same ilk or walk of life,” Campbell said. “I think he’ll do a great job.”

Students who celebrated with Doll said they supported him because of his views on city issues and availability to students.

Mike Shimkat, junior in finance, said he voted for Doll because of his views on the proposed keg ordinance.

“He’ll get student news out,” Shimkat said. “A lot of student views get overlooked in the city government.”

Henry Alliger, senior in animal science and a member of Doll’s campaign, said Doll will bridge the gap between the Ames community and students.

He estimated that, of the 60 people who attended the celebration, less than half were students.

“As an event like this demonstrates, it’s possible to build that partnership,” Alliger said of the celebration.