Friday, March 29, 2024

Four tabbed front-runners in primary vote

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With 505 responses on Wednesday morning, the Navajo Times’ presidential poll showed Vice President Jonathan Nez with a clear lead.

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Navajo voters will be going to the polls on Tuesday to pick two candidates to run in the general election for president.

And trying to come up with the names of the two top contenders this year is about as hard as it was in 1996 when for the first time in 24 years, there was no one named MacDonald or Zah on the ballot.

In talks with tribal officials and some of the candidates, it appears there are four top contenders, any of whom under the right conditions could find themselves on the general election ballot.


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About The Author

Bill Donovan

Bill Donovan wrote about Navajo Nation government and its people since 1971. He joined Navajo Times in 1976, and retired from full-time reporting in 2018 to move to Torrance, Calif., to be near his kids. He continued to write for the Times until his passing in August 2022.

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