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The mood to elect a woman as head of state isn’t reserved for just New Mexico. In the Navajo Nation primary election yesterday, New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy left the crowded field of twelve contenders in the dust. If she wins the general election on November 2, she will be the first female president elected by the Navajo people.
Lovejoy was the first woman to make it through a Navajo presidential primary, going up against President Joe Shirley in the last presidential general election. In the general election this year, she’ll face off against current Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly, who came in second in the primary. With 106 out of 110 precincts reporting, Lovejoy had garnered 16,449 votes, while Shelley took 7,504. Both are from New Mexico.
The Navajo Nation is the largest American Indian tribe in the United States, with approximately 300,000 people and 26,000 square miles straddling Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
At the Window Rock Sports Center as the election results came in, Lovejoy said that election officials “should just declare her president and save the people some money, Navajo Times reporter Marley Shebala reported.
