Eric Descheenie is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the

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elected to represent District 7 in 2016, retiring in 2019. He is currently the Director of Tribal Government Relations for the

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Board of Supervisors. He has also served as a Tribal Liaison to the Arizona Department of Housing and the Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity.

Elections

* 2016 – Descheenie and Wenona Benally were unopposed in the Democratic Primary and the general election. * 2014 – Descheenie lost the District 7 senate Democratic primary to incumbent Carlyle Begay. Begay would later switch to the Republican Party in 2015.

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