IT TOOK A WHILE … BUT THE NAVAJO NATION HAS FINALLY ELECTED A NEW PRESIDENT. IT’S RUSSELL BEGAYE, WHO WON TUESDAY’S ELECTION WITH MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND VOTES THAN HIS OPPONENT, JOE SHIRLEY JR.
THE ELECTION WAS DELAYED SINCE LAST NOVEMBER AFTER FORMER CANDIDATE CHRIS DESCHENE WAS DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE HE WASN’T FLUENT IN NAVAJO. DESCHENE WAS LATER REPLACED WITH BEGAYE. JONATHAN NEZ WILL BE HIS VICE PRESIDENT.
