Politics

Debbie Nez-Manuel has made ethics and management reform central to her campaign for Navajo Nation president, tying both to proposals on water, veterans, education and public spending.

Emily Ellison says nearly every major problem facing the Navajo Nation stems from a lack of accountability.

Fifteen candidates for Navajo Nation president drew sharp differences over the Nation’s investments, housing, natural resources and water during three June forums.

With voter registration closed, the Navajo Nation’s 2026 primary election is set for Tuesday, July 21, and election officials are encouraging the Nation’s more than 145,000 registered voters to cast ballots early rather than wait for Election Day.

The fights Frank Dayish Jr. is campaigning on, unsettled water rights, a federal government slow to honor its treaty obligations, the churn of energy development pressing against the Nation’s borders and the defense of Diné culture and religion, are the same ones he wrestled with two decades ago as vice president of the Navajo Nation.