NEWS RELEASE

Office of the Secretary
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
April 2, 2007

The process for determining the candidates for the elections of President, First Vice-President, and other Vice-Presidents by the 2007 convention of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod has been completed. Because of the high level of interest in the Synod in knowing the names of the candidates and vote tallies for these offices, the names of the candidates for President and First Vice-President were released in an earlier news release when the final slates were known. The slate for Vice-Presidents two through five has now also been determined, and the names of the twenty candidates are listed below.

The candidates for Vice-Presidents two through five in the order of votes received are:

Paul L. Maier	825
Dean W. Nadasdy	664
David L. Adams	586
David D. Buegler	547
Scott R. Murray	294
Elder McCants	223
Lawrence R. Rast Jr.	215
Glenn E. Huebel	198
Charles S. Mueller Jr.	178
John C. Wohlrabe Jr.	164
Wallace R. Schulz	161
Dean O. Wenthe	119
Daniel Preus	117
Edward J. Balfour	70
Matthew C. Harrison	64
Herbert C. Mueller Jr.	62
Eloy S. Gonzalez	60
Wally Arp	58
Bryant E. Clancy Jr.	56
Clint K. Poppe	49

These names will again be reported in the 2007 Convention Workbook, at which time the candidates' biographical information will also be provided. The report will also include the names and tallies of all clergymen who received nominating votes.

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