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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - For the first time, a woman has been chosen as one of two candidates facing off for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, whose reservation is the largest in the country.
With unofficial results in from all but one of the tribe’s 110 chapters Wednesday, current President Joe Shirley Jr. had 28 percent, followed by challenger Lynda Lovejoy of Crownpoint, N.M., with 22 percent, putting the two into a runoff election.
Frank Dayish Jr., currently the tribe’s vice president, was third at 17 percent, followed by eight other candidates.
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