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The Nominees section is extracted from the 2026 LCMS Biographical Synopses and Statements of Nominees PDF. Candidate photos are extracted from the official PDF and displayed with the corresponding biography when confidently matched. This reader is a navigation aid and should not be treated as the final official ballot.