The Democratic National Convention will take place Monday through Thursday and air from 7 to 9 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time in lieu of an actual convention. Caucuses will meet virtually during the day with the Native American Caucus set for Tuesday.
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Native and local politics watchers seemed pleased for the most part with presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate.
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At a time when the state of New Mexico may have to revert capital outlay projects to shore up its budget, Navajo Nation Division of Community Development Director Pearl Yellowman, who oversees the Capital Projects Management Department, was short on specifics in a presentation to the Resources and Development Committee last week.
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Although Native Americans hold a slight majority in the county, San Juan had never had a Native commissioner until 1983, when a consent decree from the U.S. Government forced the county to draw up voting districts for the commission seats (prior to that all the seats were at-large) to give Natives a better chance at being elected.
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State Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai and state representatives Myron Tsosie and Arlando Teller all ran unopposed on the Democratic ticket, which usually wins the day in the heavily blue district.
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