Here are the candidates for Navajo Nation president, in alphabetical order:

 

• Anthony Begay, chapter official from Mariano Lake, N.M.
• Donald Benally, Shiprock Chapter vice president, former council delegate from Shiprock.
• Sharon Clahchischilliage, head of the tribe's Washington office for the past nine years.
• Rex Lee Jim, council delegate from Rock Point, Ariz.
• Lynda Lovejoy, New Mexico state senator and former member of the state's Public Regulation Commission; lost to Joe Shirley Jr. in 2006.
• Arbin Mitchell, director of the Navajo Nation's Division of Community Development.
• Daniel Peaches, former council delegate from Kayenta, former manager of Kayenta Township, former staff assistant to Chairman Peter MacDonald Sr.
• Ben Shelly, Navajo Nation vice president.
• Joe Shirley Jr., Navajo Nation president.
• Jerry Todacheenie, BHP Billiton employee and member of the Shiprock fair board.
• D. Harrison Tsosie, Navajo Nation deputy attorney general.
• Dale Tsosie - citizen.

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