MUMBAI: Ken Howard has elected Screen Actors Guild president. Running mate Amy Aquino beat two-time incumbent Connie Stevens in the race for secretary-treasurer. Howard and Aquino will serve two-year terms beginning Friday.

Howard bagged 12,895 votes, 3,989 more than that of Anne-Marie Johnson, who received 32.6 per cent of the 27,295 votes cast. Independents Seymour Cassel and Asmar Muhammad garnered 17.7 and 1.5 per cent respectively.

Howard, who picked up an acting Emmy for his role in HBO‘s Grey Gardens on Sunday, campaigned on bringing a more collaborative approach to relationships with AFTRA, the DGA and WGA.

Said Howard, "I campaigned on the promise that I‘d do everything in my power to strengthen our position at the bargaining table by building a greater unity with AFTRA and the other entertainment unions, and that‘s exactly what I intend to do."