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2010 Navajo Nation presidential election

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Field	Value
election_name	Navajo Nation presidential election, 2010
country	Navajo Nation
flag_image	Navajo flag.svg
type	presidential
ongoing	No
previous_election	2006 Navajo Nation presidential election
previous_year	2006
next_election	2014–15 Navajo Nation presidential election
next_year	2014–15
election_date	August 3, 2010 (Primary)
November 2, 2010 (Run off)
1blank	Primary election
2blank	General election
image1	Ben Shelly.jpg
color2	c0c0c0
color1	c0c0c0
nominee1	Ben Shelly
1data1	7,715
16.02%
2data1	**33,734
52.50%**
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Lynda Lovejoy
1data2	**17,399
36.13%**
2data2	30,520
47.50%
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	Joe Shirley, Jr.
after_election	Ben Shelly

November 2, 2010 (Run off) 16.02% 52.50%** 36.13%** 47.50%

-- 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

Poll Source	Dates Administered	Lynda Lovejoy	Ben Shelly
General Poll http://www.navajo.org	January 10, 2010	51%	49%

Poll Source	Dates Administered	Rex Lee Jim	Lynda Lovejoy
General Poll http://www.navajo.org	January 10, 2010	45%	44%

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

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References

"Results".

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