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Unofficial special election results shows Begay winning a second time

Unofficial special election results shows Begay winning a second time

Navajo Times | Adron Gardner
Campaign signs lead to the chapter house during a special election in Twin Lakes Tuesday.

GALLUP

A special election was held Tuesday to select a council delegate for District 16.

This was the district that was represented by Mel Begay who was forced to step down when he was convicted of misusing tribal discretionary funds. In a special election last fall Steven Begay won the election, but that victory was overturned by the Navajo Supreme Court in December.

In the new election, Begay won handily receiving 1,020 unofficial votes, followed by Peterson Yazzie with 402, Harrison Plummer with 259 and Notah Benally with 130.

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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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