2026 District Elections

District Presidium Election Results

District President: Rev Joel S Heckendorf

District First Vice President: Rev Aaron D Boehm

District Second Vice President: Rev Aaron R Bublitz

District Secretary: Rev Steven P Gabb

District Positions Election Results

District Mission Board - Pastor: Rev Thomas G Unke

District Mission Board - Pastor: Rev Phillip D Sievert

District Mission Board - Layman: Mr. Eric J Cereske

District Evangelism Coordinator: Rev Paul H Kolander

District Lutheran Schools Coordinator: Mr. Andrew S Aguilar

District Board of Appeals - Pastor: Rev M John Derme

District Board of Appeals - Pastor: Rev David P Bitter

District Board of Appeals - Teacher: Mr. Rendell A Koeppel

District Board of Appeals - Layman: Mr. Nathan G Hartzell

District Board of Appeals - Layman: Mr. Mark W Klatt

District Nominating Chairman: Rev James M Werner

District Nominating Committee - Apache Conference: Mr. Benjamin R Pagel

District Nominating Committee - Black Canyon Conference: Mr. Craig K Kiecker

District Nominating Committee - Gadsden Conference: Rev Jason L Schmidt

District Nominating Committee - California North Conference: Mr. Rendell A Koeppel

District Nominating Committee - California South Conference: Rev Anthony L Pflughoeft

Circuit Pastor Election Results

Apache: Rev Gerhardt Juergens

Grand Canyon: Rev Daniel Habben

Metro East: Rev Ross Else

Metro West: Rev Lincoln Albrecht

Superstition Mountains: Rev Gary Pufahl

Golden Gate: Rev William Kant

Sierra: Rev John Derme

Las Vegas: Rev Thomas Unke

Los Angeles: Rev Joel Petermann

Orange: Rev Eric Hansen

San Diego: Rev Paul T Schulz

Rio Grande: Rev Daniel Baumler

Saguaro: Rev David Parsons

Other Ballot Results

Opening Service Offering Designation: Medical bills for DJ Hartmann (Mt. Calvary, Flagstaff member injured in swimming accident) 

Test Ballot: The San Antonio Spurs

Reference Documents for Download

Final Elections Report in PDF format

2027 Synod Convention Roster in PDF format

Nominated Candidates List in PDF format

Biographies of Nominated Candidates in PDF format

Descriptions of Each Position up for election at this convention in PDF format