Politics

Russell Begaye chose a man as his running mate who is so popular in his Council district that no one wanted to run against him.

Russell Begaye, who had the third highest votes in the Navajo Nation’s primary election and replaced former presidential candidate Chris Deschene, has made plans to announce his running mate today.

Western Navajo’s delegation will get a least three new faces as a result of Tuesday’s election.

In spite of low voter turnout on the Navajo Nation, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Dist. 1) late Tuesday night kept her House seat in a squeaker against the Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, Andrew M. Tobin.

Not long after the Navajo Supreme Court’s settling of the Navajo Board of Elections’ contempt, and ordering the Navajo Election Administration to take Chris Deschene’s name off the ballot, former Navajo presidential candidate Myron McLaughlin filed a 162-page motion to have Russell Begaye disqualified, with the Office of Hearings and Appeals.