He won re-election by a large margin.
Steadfast Lutherans (sic) erased the Darwin Schauer scandal and backed Harrison 100%. They must be as giddy as schoolgirls.
Harrison ordered them to erase the thread on Schauer - and they did.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Bylaws of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) instruct the Secretary of the Synod to notify the candidates in the Synod’s presidential election of the results of the balloting at least two weeks prior to the convention. The candidates were informed earlier today, June 15, of the results of the June 11–14 ballot, and those results are now made public as received from Election-America, the Garden City, NY company that provided the Internet voting site and conducted the balloting.
For President:
Matthew C. Harrison 3,507 votes (56.96%)
David P. E. Maier 393 votes (6.38%)
Dale A. Meyer 2,257 votes (36.66%)
Total Votes Cast:6,157
Total Electorate:7,348
Percentage Voted:83.79%
A majority of votes cast is required for election. Matthew C. Harrison, having received 56.96 percent of the votes cast, is the President-elect of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod for a third term of office, 2016–2019.
Raymond L. Hartwig, Secretary
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
