ELECTIONS
A Mormon for president?

IN THE NORTHEAST
• Walton Brown Foster teaches a course on religion and politics at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. Contact via Peter Kilduff, director of communications, 860-832-1791.
• Mark Silk is the founding director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Contact 860-297-2352, mark.silk@trincoll.edu.
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a professor of early American history at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Contact 617-496-9548, ulrich@fas.harvard.edu.

IN THE EAST
• Louis Bolce teaches a course on religion and politics at Baruch College in New York City. With Gerald De Maio, also of Baruch College, he has written that the clearest indicator of voting patterns is religious affiliation. Contact 646-312-4416, Louis_Bolce@baruch.cuny.edu.
• Patrick Lynch teaches a course on religion and politics at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. Contact 716-888-2831, lynchp@canisius.edu.
• Hiroshi Obayashi teaches a course on religion and politics at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. Contact 732-932-9638, obayahk@rci.rutgers.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• John-Charles Duffy is a graduate student in the religious studies department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 2001-04, he helped coordinate a series of brown bag discussions on Mormon studies at the University of Utah. Contact jcduffy@email.unc.edu.
• Ferrel Guillory is director of SouthNow, the Program on Southern Politics, Media and Public Life at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. He says Romney's religious affiliation is not likely to be as significant to voters as his stance on moral issues, including abortion and school prayer. Contact 919-962-5936, guillory@unc.edu.
• James Guth is a professor of political science at Furman University in Greenville, S.C. He has described Romney's faith as "not an advantage." Contact james.guth@furman.edu.
• J. David Woodard is a professor of political science at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., and author of The New Southern Politics (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006). He told the Greenville (S.C.) News that "as the vote nears, Romney, alas, like his dad, will have no traction" with Southern evangelical voters. Romney's father ran unsuccessfully for president in the 1960s. Contact 864-656-3233.
• Ron Cappelli runs Accent on Mormon Beliefs in Richmond, Va. He says the question shouldn't be about Romney - or any candidate's - religion, but rather about his morality. Contact roncapelli@usa.com.

IN THE SOUTH
• Robert B. Stewart is an associate professor of philosophy and theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has provided an evangelical critique of Mormonism at several conferences. Contact 504-282-4455 ext. 8017, rstewart@nobts.edu.
• Charles Reagan Wilson is director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi in Oxford. He has said that he believes Romney's Mormonim "will matter" to Southern evangelicals. Contact 662-915-5993, crwilson@olemiss.edu.

IN THE MIDWEST
• Douglas Firth Anderson is a professor of history at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Contact 712-707-7000, firth@nwciowa.edu.
• Paul Djupe teaches a course on religion and politics at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Contact djupe@denison.edu.
• Laurie Bagby teaches a course on religion and politics at Kansas State University. Contact 785-532-0441, lauriej@ksu.edu.
• Christopher Buck teaches a course on American religious mythology at Michigan State University. Contact 517-394-2404, buckc@msu.edu.
• Kevin den Dulk teaches a course on religion and politics in the United States at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. He says Romney is taking a page from Kennedy's playbook in acknowledging his own religious identity while attempting to persuade voters that his faith will not be his ultimate guide in policy-making. He also notes that the LDS church has spent considerable energy trying to show its mainstream credentials throughout the Salt Lake City Olympics and beyond. Contact 616-331-2991, dendulkk@gvsu.edu.
• Steve Pike is director of U.S. missions for the Assemblies of God in Springfield, Mo. Previously, he was director of church planting and development for the Rocky Mountain District of the Assemblies of God and served 10 years as a church planter and pastor in Utah, where he co-founded Project Exodus, a ministry aimed at "freeing victims of false-faith groups in America." Contact 417-862-2781 ext. 3252.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Stephen E. Robinson is a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He is the co-author of How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (InterVarsity Press, 1997). Contact 801-422-5109, stephen_robinson@byu.edu.
• David Knowlton is a professor of anthropology at Utah Valley State College in Orem, Utah. With John-Charles Duffy, he organized a three-year series of brown-bag discussions on Mormon studies at the University of Utah. Topics ranged from the Mormon migration to Mormon-Jewish relations in Utah. Contact knowltda@uvsc.edu.
• Jerald and Sandra Tanner are the founders of Utah Lighthouse Ministry, which seeks to bring the Christian message to members of the LDS church, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Both were raised in the LDS church. Contact 801-485-8894.
• U.S. Rep. Ernest Istook is a Republican who represents Oklahoma's 5th District and is a member of the LDS church. Contact 405-234-9900 (Oklahoma City) or 202-225-2132 (Washington, D.C.).
• Jeff Flake is a U.S. representative from Arizona's 6th District and a member of the LDS church. He is up for re-election in November 2006. Contact 202-225-2635 (Washington, D.C.) or 480-833-0092 (Mesa, Ariz.).
• Tom Udall is a Democrat and a U.S. representative from New Mexico's 3rd District and a member of the LDS church. He is up for re-election in November 2006. Contact 202-225-6190.
• Chris Cannon is a U.S. representative from Utah's 3rd District and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Contact 202-225-7751.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• John Doolittle is a U.S. representative serving California's 4th District and a member of the LDS church. Contact 202-225-2511 (Washington, D.C.) or 916-786-5560 (California).
• Jim Gibbons is a U.S. representative from Nevada's 2nd District and a member of the LDS church. Contact 202-225-6155 (Washington, D.C.) or 775-686-5760 (Nevada).
• Wally Herger is a U.S. representative from California's 2nd District and a Mormon. Contact 202-225-3076 (Washington, D.C.) or 530-893-8363 (California).
• Jared Ludlow teaches a course comparing Mormonism to world religions at Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Laie. Contact 808-293-3837, ludlowj@byuh.edu.
• Buck McKeon is a U.S. representative from California's 25th District and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Contact 202- 225-1956 (in Washington, D.C.) or 661-274-9688 (California).
• Kerry D. McRoberts is pastor of Kings Circle Assembly of God in Corvallis, Ore. He wrote an article for Enrichment Journal challenging the biblical basis of Mormonism. While he describes Mormonism as "a nonChristian cult," he says that any courage and honesty Romney may show in his ability and willingness to tackle the issues would be more important to him as a voter than Romney's particular religion. Contact 541-757-9080, mac@kcag.org.
• The Rev. Dr. Jeffery E. Sells is rector of St. David of Wales Church in Shelton, Wash., and the editor of God and Country: Politics in Utah (Signature Books, 2005). Contact 360-426-8472.
• Mike Simpson is a Republican U.S. representative from Idaho's 2nd District and a member of the LDS church. He will be up for re-election in November 2006. Contact 202-225-5531 (Washington, D.C.) or 208-334-1953 (Idaho).