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Great Plains Region Regional Vice-President

Great Plains Region nominees for regional vice-president.

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34 | Vice-President: Great Plains Region

d. Nominations and Candidates for Great

Plains Region Regional Vice-President Elect 1 minister of religion—ordained (Great Plains Region)

(3-year term)

Nominations Received: A total of 313 nominating votes were cast by 297 congregations of the region. Here following are the names and tallies of all ordained ministers who received nominating votes:

Nabil S. Nour ................................................................................128

Matthew R. Richard .......................................................................41

David C. Mumme ...........................................................................22

Steven D. (Steve) Turner ...............................................................18

Richard L. Snow .............................................................................15

Scott C. Sailer .................................................................................14

5 votes:

Benjamin T. (Ben) Ball; John E. Hill

4 votes:

Brady L. Finnern

3 votes:

Terry R. Forke; Jacob S. Gillard; Jonathan G. Lange; Adam S. Moline; Nathan A. Sherrill; Russell L. (Russ) Sommerfeld; Bruce A. Timm; Lucas V. Woodford

2 votes:

Adam T. Filipek; Brent W. Kuhlman; Robert R. (Reed) Lessing;

Scott T. Porath

1 vote:

Wally M. Arp; Christopher D. (Chris) Ascher; Aaron J. Asmus;

Arie D. Bertsch; Thomas C. Brown; Greggory S. (Gregg) Coop;

Paul D. Egger; Donald J. (Don) Fondow; Greg S. Griffith; Jamison J. Hardy; Christopher P. Horton; Richard S. Jones; Jeffrey M. Keuning; Timothy A. Koch; Michael L. Kumm; Brian M. Mosemann;

William J. (Billy) Newell; Craig K. Niemeier; Clint K. Poppe; Mark A. Preus; Paul O. S. Preus; Arlo W. Pullmann; David P. Ramirez;

Russell C. Senstad; Jeffrey E. Skopak; Eric C. Skovgaard; Brent D. Smith; David M. Warner; Ryan D. Wendt As required by Bylaw 3.12.2.7 (c), the nominees who received the highest number of votes were notified to obtain their approval in writing for the inclusion of their names on the ballot. Because the Bylaws of the Synod provide no opportunity for adding names to this slate, other than due to the death, declination, or unavailability of a candidate, the ballot for the election of the Great Plains Region VicePresident is expected to contain the names of the following top five consenting candidates in alphabetical order:

David C. Mumme Nabil S. Nour Matthew R. Richard Scott C. Sailer Steven D. (Steve) Turner

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