Synod Assembly Election Results ...

The following is a list of positions to be elected during the 2007 Synod Assembly and the candidates that have been submitted by the Nominating Committee.  There are no nominated candidates for synod bishop because the first ballot in the election for bishop serves as the nominating ballot.  For more information on the election process for the bishop (called an ecclesiastical ballot), click here (this will take you to the appropriate section of the synod constitution).

 

Position

Candidate

Elected

Votes

Synod Council - Three Year Term - Male Clergy

Larry Keene

No 31

Eric R. Klimpel

No 42

Jeffrey D. Marsh

No 49
Kerry Nelson No 54
Erich Schaefer No 55
David Tart No 84
  No election on first ballot - run off election between Erich Schaefer and David Tart
Synod Council - Three Year Term - Male Clergy (second ballot) Erich Schaefer No 133
David Tart Yes 186
Synod Council - Three Year Term - Female Clergy Robin McCoullough Bade Yes 167
Barb Simmers No 142
Synod Council - Three Year Term - Male Lay Person Mark Hanson

No

84
Arvin Holland No 30
David Hollrah No 92
Ralph Martin No 55
Clement Ukpe No 47
  No election on first ballot - run off election between Mark Hanson and David Hollrah
Synod Council - Three Year Term - Male Lay Person (second ballot) Mark Hanson No 156
David Hollrah Yes 163
Consultation Committee - Six Year Term - Male Lay Person Jon B. Holmes Yes 162
James Lehmann No 144
Consultation Committee - Six Year Term - Female  Lay Person Erma Richter Yes 162
Connie Fortune No 144
Consultation Committee - Six Year Term - Male Clergy Gary Morgan-Gohlke Yes 300
Consultation Committee - Six Year Term - Female Clergy Sharon Kapsch No 124
Karen Liebster Yes 177
Discipline Committee - Six Year Term - Female Lay Person Judy Biffle Yes 226
Diane Campbell No 79
Discipline Committee - Six Year Term - Male Clergy Victor "George" Brookover Yes 300
Discipline Committee - Six Year Term - Male Lay Person Arvin Holland Yes 297
Discipline Committee - Six Year Term - Female Clergy Lemae Higgs Yes 296
Treasurer Arwin Strehlow Yes 301
Secretary H. Eldon "Cliff" Akerman Yes 161
Kathy Haueisen No 154

 

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