New Republic Presidential election, 28 ABY

The New Republic Presidential election of 27 ABY was the last election for a Chief of State of the New Republic. It may also have been the most corrupt election in the New Republic's short history.

Background
After the Yuuzhan Vong's Capture of Coruscant and the suicide of Chief Borsk Fey'lya, the New Republic all but desitigrated. In the initial aftermath, Councillor Pwoe, the Quarren Senator of Mon Calamari, declared himself Chief of State. When the New Republic Senate convened on Mon Calamari to elect a new Chief, Pwoe angrily ordered the Senate to convene on Kuat to confirm his self-appointment. The Quarren revoked his senatorial status and the Senate declared the office of President of the New Republic to be empty. The four major candidates in the election were Senators Cal Omas of Alderaan, Fyor Rodan of Commenor, Cola Quis of Ryloth, and Ta'laam Ranth of Antar 4.

Campaing
Rodan set the tone of the election by stating that the Jedi, which he had consitently opposed, were demanding special favors from the government while the New Republic had no oversight. To counter this, Luke Skywalker proposed to Omas, the pro-jedi candidate, that a new Jedi Council be formed with half it's members be non-Jedi from the government. Quis and Ranth made no statements on the Jedi, but it is believed that Ranth was not an avid supporter of the Jedi, though not an avid opponet.

Election
Unlike the first found vitories of Mon Mothma, Leia Organa Solo, and Borsk Fey'lya the election had several revotes. In the first round of voting, Rodan recieved 35% of the vote, Omas 28%, Ranth 18%, and Quis 10%. Pwoe recieved a total of three votes, but he declared the election illegal. Quis was convinced to drop out and support Omas in exchange for the chair of the Commerce Council. At this point, Lando Calrissian and Talon Karrde arrived, with the Smuggler's Alliance carrying several hundred YVH 1 war droids and sixteen vessels full of supplies for refugees. Lando and Karrde decided to "help" Omas along. They wanted to sell the droids and donate the supplies, and they decided that the best way to influence the vote would be to...donate the supplies to some of Rodan's more questionable supporters, in exchange for purchasing the YVH's. The Senate passed an appropriations bill overwhelmingly. After that, the Senate held a second vote, where Rodan recieved 37%, while Omas recieved 35, and Ranth 22. The Gotal Senator was now the king-maker that would decide the next Chief of State. It was also at this point that Shimrra Jamaane, Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong, ordered Cal Omas to be killed.

Lando and Karrde payed a few more visits to the senators they had contacted, and revealed that they had recorded their conversations with them, which seemed that the senators had taken bribes. In exchange for keeping quite, Lando and Karrde asked them to vote for Omas. In the third round, Omas recieved 46%, while Rodan's dropped to 24%, and Ranth's dropped to 20%. Pwoe actually went up to four votes. Ranth was convinced to support Omas in exchange for keeping the chair of the Justice Council. At that point, the Vong launched their assassination attempt on Omas, but it was foiled by Mara Jade Skywalker. In the fourth vote, Omas recieved 85% of the vote, and Rodan recieving about 12% of the vote. Pwoe's total went back to three. The next day, Omas was sworn in as Chief of State of the New Republic, and signed the order to form the High Council.