The

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation (), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in ...

Presidential elections took place on November 7, 2006.

Primary elections Primary elections or primaries are elections held to determine which candidates will run in an upcoming general election. In a partisan primary, a political party selects a candidate. Depending on the state and/or party, there may be an "open pri ...

took place on August 8, 2006. Incumbent

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Joe Shirley Jr. was re-elected, defeating 11 candidates, including former New Mexico

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Lynda Lovejoy Lynda Morgan Lovejoy (born February 1, 1949) is an American politician. She is a former Democratic member of the New Mexico Senate. Early life and education Her clans are , born for ; her maternal grandfather’s clan is and her paternal gra ...

Candidates

* Frank Dayish Jr., then vice-president of the Navajo Nation announced his bid for president on May 6, 2006 at the

Shiprock Shiprock (, "rock with wings" or "winged rock") is a monadnock rising nearly above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its peak elevation is above sea level. It is southwest of the town ...

Chapter as 450 concern Diné. *

, a former New Mexico

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, declared her candidancy on April 1, 2006, at the Crownpoint Chapter House in

Crownpoint, New Mexico Crownpoint () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Navajo Nation in McKinley County, New Mexico. The population was 2,900 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 2,278 in 2010. It is located along the Trail o ...

. * Calvin Tsosie, from Yatahey, New Mexico * Frank Dayish, from

Shiprock, New Mexico Shiprock () is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community on the Navajo Nation, Navajo reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 7,718 people in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

* Lynda Lovejoy, from

* Ernest H Begay, from Rock Point, Arizona * James Henderson, from

Ganado, Arizona Ganado () is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 883 at the 2020 census, reduced from 1,210 at the 2010 census. Ganado is part of the Fort Defiance ...

* Wilbur Nelson * Harrison Todichiini, from

* Vern Lee, from

Kirtland, New Mexico Kirtland is a town, made up of part of the former census-designated place (CDP) of the same name in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population of the former CDP was 6,190 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metro ...

* Joe Shirley Jr., from

Chinle, Arizona Chinle () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The name in Navajo means and is a reference to the location where the water flows out of the Canyon de Chelly. The population was 4,518 at the 2010 United Sta ...

Results

Shirley Jr. (Chinle) and Lovejoy (Crownpoint) proceeded to a runoff in November 2007. This was he first time in Navajo government history that a woman made it to the runoff. Immediately after the first round, Mrs. Lovejoy selected Walter Phelps from

Leupp, Arizona Leupp () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coconino County, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, United States. The population was 951 at the 2010 census. In 1902 an Indian boarding school was constructed here, administered by the Bureau of ...

as her running mate to challenge Shirley, who picked

Navajo Nation Council The Navajo Nation Council () is the Legislative Branch of the Navajo Nation government. The council meets four times per year, with additional special sessions, at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber, which is in Window Rock, Arizona. The counci ...

Delegate Ben Shelly (Thoreau). Shirley defeated Lovejoy in the second round by a margin of 4,000. Becoming the first leader of the Navajo nation to be re-elected since Chairman Peter MacDonald.

References

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External links

* Johnson, Natasha Kaye. (2006).
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2009-05-16). The Gallup Independent * Hassler, Brian. (2007).

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