Mormon of the Year: Who, except for the Quorum of the Twelve and First Presidency, has had the most impact on Mormons and Mormonism in 2009? (Poll Closed)

• Glenn Beck -- High-profile TV talk show host on Fox News who has been perhaps the most controversial TV personality during the past year.
  9%
   
• Stephenie Meyer - who is well known as a Mormon around the world because of her books and the Twilight movies, the second of which was released this year.
  3%
   
• Stephanie Nielson -- Popular LDS blogger known as Nienie returned home and began blogging again this year after a private plane accident in 2008.
  1%
   
• Harry Reid -- The Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, Reid is the highest ranking Mormon in the U.S. government ever. This year he was a central figure in the attempt to pass health care reform.
  14%
   
• John Yettaw -- Missouri LDS Church member who made news by allegedly sneaking in to the home of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, who was under house arrest.
  <1%
   
• Alan Spearhawk and Mimi Parker of Low. Their song “Monkey” was also included on the soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s film “Killshot” this year.
  <1%
   
• Orrin Hatch. His song, “Eight Days of Hannukah,” which garnered the attention of the Jewish media and prompted Conan O’brien’s show to write a song for us in return.
  <1%
   
• Brandon Sanderson, who took over one of the most popular fantasy series of all time–The Wheel of Time–following the death of the original author.
  <1%
   
• Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., who resigned as Governor of Utah to become U.S. Ambassador to China this year.
  13%
   
• Donny Osmond, who won TV's “Dancing with the Stars”
  1%
   
• Larry EchoHawk, who was appointed as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  <1%
   
• Heather Armstrong (aka Dooce), who was named one of the 30 most influential women in media this year. She also published her second book this year.
  1%
   
• Elna Baker, the New York-based comedienne gained a lot of notoriety and critical acclaim for her memoir, released in October, The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.
  <1%
   
• Jason Chaffetz, U.S. Congressman from Utah who publicly followed what he says Congress should do (he sleeps in his office).
  <1%
   
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who was awarded the John F. Kennedy Medal by the Massachusetts Historical Society in October.
  <1%
   
• Katherine Heigl, actress best known for her role as Dr. Izzie Stevens on Grey’s Anatomy, who starred this year in the film “The Ugly Truth.”
  <1%
   
• Brandon Flowers, front man for the rock band The Killers.
  <1%
   
• José Luis Exeni, chairman of the National Electoral Court of Bolivia, who helped set the rules for Bolivian elections that chose a new constitution.
  <1%
   
• Elizabeth Smart, who testified against her abductor publicly for the first time this year, just before going into the MTC to serve a mission in France.
  3%
   
• Kiowa Gordon, LDS actor who received his first major role in the film New Moon.
  0%
   
• Mike Leach, highly successful football coach at Texas Tech, who was fired December 30th despite his record.
  <1%
   
• Reed Cowan, filmmaker who recently released a film criticizing LDS Church involvement in California's Proposition 8.
  50%
   
• Michael Otterson, chief public relations officer for the LDS Church, who presented LDS Church's recent statement on the Salt Lake City non-discrimination ordinances.
  <1%
   
• Indian saints, who swelled the size of the Church in India to 7,500 members and created 3 new districts this year.
  1%
   
• Amy Adams, who starred in two major films this year, Julie & Julia, and Night at the Museum 2.
  <1%
   
• No one — for those unhappy with all the choices here.
  1%