• Source: 2010 Navajo Nation presidential election

    • The Navajo Nation presidential election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Ben Shelly won the election.
    The general election was held between New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy and outgoing Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly.
    The primary election was held on August 3, 2010. Lynda Lovejoy won a plurality of the vote, becoming the first woman to do so. Ben Shelly came in second place. The primary election included nine other candidates. This was the first Navajo Nation presidential election in which both candidates, Lovejoy and Shelly, were residents of the Eastern part of the Navajo Nation.
    Ben Shelly became the first Vice President of the Navajo Nation to be elected president. Had she been elected, Lynda Lovejoy would have become the first female president of the Navajo Nation.
    Previously, during the 2006 presidential election Joe Shirley Jr. had been re-elected to a second term over challenger Lynda Lovejoy. On July 9, 2010, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court ruled that Shirley could not seek a third consecutive term as president.


    Candidates




    = General election

    =
    Lynda Lovejoy, of Crownpoint, New Mexico, New Mexico State Senator, District 22
    Earl Tulley, chosen as Lovejoy's running mate for Vice President on August 8, 2010, activist and administrator.
    Ben Shelly of Thoreau, New Mexico, Vice President of the Navajo Nation
    Rex Lee Jim, chosen as Shelly's running mate for Vice President on August 8, 2010.


    = Announced and defeated in primary

    =
    Anthony Begay, of Mariano Lake, New Mexico, Mariano Lake Chapter President
    Donald Benally, of Shiprock, New Mexico, Shiprock Chapter Vice-President
    Sharon Clahchischilliage, of Cudeii, New Mexico, Fmr. Navajo-Washington Office Director
    Rex Lee Jim, of Rock Point, Arizona Navajo Nation Council
    Arbin Mitchell, of Wide Ruins, Arizona, Executive Director of Navajo Nation Division of Community Development
    Daniel Peaches, of Kayenta, Arizona, Fmr. Kayenta Chapter Council Delegate, Kayenta Town Manager, Staff Assistant to Fmr. Chairman Peter MacDonald Sr.
    Jerry Todacheenie, of Shiprock, New Mexico, BHP Employee and member of Shiprock Fair Board
    D. Harrison Tsosie, of Dennehotso, Arizona, Navajo Nation Deputy Attorney General
    Dale Tsosie, of Lechee, Arizona, Navajo Citizen


    = Not Running

    =
    Lawrence T. Morgan, of Pinedale, New Mexico, Navajo Nation council Speaker


    = Term limited

    =
    Joe Shirley Jr., of Chinle, Arizona, incumbent President of the Navajo Nation


    Primary election polling




    Results


    State Senator Lynda Lovejoy, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 2006, easily defeated eleven other candidates with 17,137 votes, becoming the first woman to win a Navajo Nation presidential primary. Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly came in second place and qualified for the general election with 7,763 votes. Donald Benally of Shiprock placed third followed by the rest of the candidates.
    Voter turnout was relatively low, at just 43.84% of registered voters. An estimated 48,511 of the 110,645 registered voters participated in the primary election.
    Shelly claimed victory and promised voters in the Gorman Hall at the Window Rock Sports Center that "I will work with you. We will work together." Lovejoy demanded a recount.


    References




    External links


    Ben Shelly & Rex Lee Jim official campaign
    Lynda Lovejoy & Earl Tulley official campaign

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