The Navajo Nation Presidential elections took place on November 7, 2006.

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took place on August 8, 2006. Incumbent

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Joe Shirley Jr. Joe Shirley Jr. (born December 4, 1947) is a Navajo politician who is the only two-term President of the Navajo Nation. He served as president from 2003 to 2011. He lives in Chinle, Arizona, and is Tódích'íi'nii, born for Tábaahá. Personal ...

was re-elected, defeating 11 candidates, including former New Mexico State senator Lynda Lovejoy.

Major Candidates

Frank Dayish Jr.

On May 6, 2006, then vice-president of the Navajo Nation Frank Dayish Jr. announced his bid for president at the

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Chapter as 450 concern Diné.

Lynda Lovejoy

Lynda Lovejoy, a former New Mexico state representative, declared her candidancy on April 1, 2006, at the Crownpoint Chapter House in

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Candidates

{{Cleanup rewrite, date=June 2022, section=yes * Calvin Tsosie

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* Frank Dayish Shiprock, New Mexico * Lynda Lovejoy

* Ernest H Begay Rock Point, Arizona * James Henderson

Ganado, Arizona Ganado ( nv, ) is a chapter of the Navajo Nation and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,210 at the 2010 census. Ganado is part of the Fort Defiance Agency, of the Bureau of Indian A ...

* Wilbur Nelson * Harrison Todichiini Shiprock, New Mexico * Vern Lee

Kirtland, New Mexico Kirtland is a town, made up of part of the former census-designated place (CDP) of the same name in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population of the former CDP was 6,190 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metropo ...

Chinle, Arizona

Primary Elections

Shirley Jr. (Chinle) and Lovejoy (Crownpoint) proceeded to a runoff in November 2007. This was he first time in Navajo government history that a woman made it to the runoff . Immediately after the first round, Mrs. Lovejoy selected Walter Phelps from

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as her running mate to challenge Shirley, who picked

Navajo Nation Council The Navajo Nation Council ( nv, Béésh bąąh dah siʼání) is the legislative branch of the Navajo Nation government. The council meets four times per year, with additional special sessions, at the Navajo Nation Council Chamber, which is in Wi ...

Delegate Ben Shelly (Thoreau). Shirley defeated Loevjoy in the second round by a margin of 4,000. Becoming the first leader of the Navajo nation to be re-elected since Chairman Peter MacDonald.

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