Navajo Nation presidential hopeful Randall Begaye announced last week that he has selected Jonathan Nez as his running mate in the upcoming election. Nez currently serves as the Navajo County Supervisor for District I, and is also the vice chairman of the Navajo Nation’s Budget and Finance Committee.
Begaye will be going up against former president Joe Shirley Jr. and his running mate, Dinaeh Benally, in a special election that has yet to be scheduled. The election was originally set to take place on Nov. 4, but was postponed after candidate Chris Deschene was disqualified from the race for not meeting the requirements of speaking the Navajo language fluently. Begaye received the next highest number of votes and took Deschene’s place on the ballot.
