wfn.org | ELCA Assembly Re-Elects Carlos Peña Vice President

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Title: ELCA Assembly Re-Elects Carlos Peña Vice President
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>August 22, 2009  

ELCA Assembly Re-Elects Carlos Peña Vice President
09-CWA-39-MS

MINNEAPOLIS (ELCA) - The Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) elected Carlos Peña, Galveston, Texas, to a second term as ELCA vice president.  Peña was first elected to the office at the 2003 Churchwide Assembly.

Peña was elected on the fourth ballot for vice president with 580 votes. He was elected over Ryan Schwarz, McLean, Va., who received 264 votes, and Norma Hirsch, Des Moines, Iowa, who received 110 votes.  

Sixty percent of the votes cast on this ballot were needed for election.

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Information about the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly can be found at http://www.elca.org/assembly/ on the Web.

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