# LCMS Convention Workbook_St. Louis Missouri_2010_S2
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

10. NOMINATIONS
R10-01

Report on Nominations for President,
First Vice-President, and Other Vice-Presidents
Bylaws 3.12.1–3.12.1.6 establish our Synod’s process for receiving nominations and determining five candidates
each for the offices of President and First Vice-President and 20 candidates for the offices of Vice-Presidents two
through five. During October 2009, each voting congregation of the Synod received its official nominating ballots and
the opportunity to nominate ordained ministers to each office. The official deadline for the return of these nominating
ballots was March 10, 2010.
The Office of the Secretary, with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Synod, engaged the auditing firm of
Brown Smith Wallace to tabulate the nominations. As required by Bylaw 3.12.1 (d), the following is a full report of the
results of the nominating process.

Nomination Ballot Tallies
President
The following is a complete listing of the names and tallies of all clergymen who received nominating votes for the
office of President:
Matthew Harrison 1,332
Gerald Kieschnick
755
Herbert Mueller Jr. 503
188
Wallace Schulz
William Diekelman 185

John Wohlrabe Jr.
Daniel Preus
Dale Meyer
Paul Maier
Dean Nadasdy

79
31
23
16
12

David Buegler
Dean Wenthe
C. William Hoesman
Carl Fickenscher II
Robert Newton

9
8
6
5
4

3 Votes Each: Donald Fondow, Terry Forke, Daniel Gard, Thomas Zehnder
2 Votes Each: David Adams, David Benke, Dan Gilbert, Randall Golter, Raymond Hartwig, Kenneth Hennings,
Robert Lessing, Daniel May, Gerhard Michael Jr., Lawrence Rast, Dien Taylor
1 Vote Each: Robert Appold, James Baneck, Donald Beaumont, Victor Belton, Joel Biermann, Patrick Ferry,
Charles Gieschen, Eloy Gonzalez, Stephen Hartman, Joel Hoelter, Allen Hoger, James Keurulainen, Kenneth Klaus,
Keith Kohlmeier, Kenneth Lampe, Ronald Meyer, Ray Mirly, Richard Moore, Jeffrey Muchow, Charles Mueller Jr.,
John Nunes, Walter Otten, Roger Paavola, Dean Pittelko, Jacob Preus, Francis Rossow, Dean Rothchild, Jeffery Schrank,
Robert Schrank, Kurtis Schultz, Warren Schumacher, Ken Schurb, Russell Sommerfeld, Ronald Stelzer, Larry Stoterau,
Carl Wenck
As required by Bylaw 3.12.1.1 (b), the ordained ministers who received the highest number of votes from the
nominating process were notified to obtain their approval in writing for the inclusion of their names on the convention
ballot. Because of declinations, the nominees with the next highest numbers of votes were similarly notified. The five
nominees who received the highest number of votes and consented to serve as President if elected are, in alphabetical
order, the following:
Carl Fickenscher II, Daniel Gard, Matthew Harrison, Gerald Kieschnick, Herbert Mueller Jr.

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