Thursday morning update: 5 ballots cast

News July 14, 2016

Election Results

The first ballot for the Episcopal election in South Central Jurisdiction was taken at about 8:55 a.m. It was announced about an hour later, after the Episcopal address. There were 641 votes cast. Of those, 23 were invalid. The top ten candidates were:

Name	Number of votes
Dr. Rueben Saenz, Jr.	101
David Wilson	71
Jimmy Nunn	70
Eradio Valverde	67
Lynn Dyke	62
Morris Matthis	60
Bob Farr	43
Janice Gilbert	31
T. Lynn Malone, Jr.	9
Linda Harker	8

The second ballot was taken at 10:23 a.m. There were 639 votes casts, 15 were invalid, 126 were needed for election. There was no election. Results of the top ten were:

Name	Number of votes
Dr. Rueben Saenz, Jr.	120
Jimmy Nunn	76
David Wilson	75
Lynn Dyke	74
Morris Matthis	67
Eradio Valverde	66
Bob Farr	49
Janice Gilbert	32
T. Lynn Malone, Jr.	9
Linda Harker	7

The third ballot was taken at 10:45 a.m. There were 645 votes cast, 12 invalid, 127 needed for election. Rueben Saenz, Jr. was elected. The results were:

Name	Number of votes
Dr. Rueben Saenz, Jr.	133
Jimmy Nunn	85
David Wilson	80
Lynn Dyke	77
Morris Matthis	66
Eradio Valverde	58
Bob Farr	56
Janice Gilbert	29
T. Lynn Malone, Jr.	12
Linda Harker	6

The fourth ballot was taken at 11:16 a.m. There were 430 votes, 0 invalid and 129 needed to elect. There were two seats and no election. The results were:

Name	Number of votes
Jimmy Nunn	84
David Wilson	82
Lynn Dyke	79
Morris Matthis	55
Bob Farr	47
Eradio Valverde	27
Janice Gilbert	24
T. Lynn Malone, Jr.	6
Linda Harker	4
Cheryl Jefferson Bell	3

The fifth ballot was taken at 11:56 a.m. There were 431 votes, 1 invalid and 129 needed to elect. There was no election. The results were:

Name	Number of votes
David Wilson	93
Jimmy Nunn	89
Lynn Dyke	77
Morris Matthis	56
Bob Farr	43
Janice Gilbert	30
Eradio Valverde	16
T. Lynn Malone Jr.	5
Clifton Howard	3
Ron Watts	3