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The Navajo Nation Presidential elections took place on November 7, 2006. Primary elections took place on August 8, 2006. Incumbent President Joe Shirley Jr. was re-elected, defeating 11 candidates, including former New Mexico State senator Lynda Lovejoy.
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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 Leupp, Arizona as her running mate to challenge Shirley, who picked Navajo Nation Council Delegate Ben Shelly (Thoreau).
Shirley defeated Lovejoy 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.
Candidate | Running mate | Primary | General | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
Joe Shirley, Jr. | Ben Shelly | 12,987 | 27.77 | 34,945 | 53.27 |
Lynda Lovejoy | Walter Phelps | 10,513 | 22.48 | 30,653 | 46.73 |
Frank Dayish, Jr. | — | 8,082 | 17.28 | ||
Ernest Harry Begay | — | 7,820 | 16.72 | ||
Vern Roy Lee | — | 2,749 | 5.88 | ||
James Henderson, Jr. | — | 2,565 | 5.48 | ||
Hoskie Bryant | — | 745 | 1.59 | ||
Calvin H. Tsosie, Sr. | — | 585 | 1.25 | ||
Harrison Todacheene | — | 282 | 0.60 | ||
Wilbur Nelson, Jr. | — | 273 | 0.58 | ||
Jon C. Reeves | — | 165 | 0.35 | ||
Total | 46,766 | 100.00 | 65,598 | 100.00 | |
Valid votes | 46,766 | 99.60 | 65,598 | 99.53 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 189 | 0.40 | 308 | 0.47 | |
Total votes | 46,955 | 100.00 | 65,906 | 100.00 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 96,582 | 48.62 | 100,525 | 65.56 | |
Source: [1] |
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