"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - Two Council Incumbents Unseated

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - Cherokee citizens in District 1 and District 2 will have two new representatives during the next term as two Tribal Council seats were filled on Saturday, July 28, in Cherokee Nation’s run-off election.

In the Saturday run-off, District 1 (Cherokee County) Tina Glory Jordan of Hulbert defeated incumbent Audra Smoke Conner by a vote of 993 to 581 to take over the Seat 2 spot.

In the race for the District 2 (Adair County), Seat 2, Jodie Fishinghawk of Stilwell unseated incumbent Jackie Bob Martin of Stilwell with a vote of 899 to 503.

The general election was held on June 23, where the Principal Chief, Deputy Principal Chief and fifteen out of seventeen Council seats were decided. Fishinghawk and Jordan will join the other Tribal Council members who were elected in June, including:

District 1 (Cherokee County), Seat 1, Bill John Baker
District 2 (Adair County), Seat 1, S. Joe Crittenden
District 3 (Sequoyah County), Seat 1, David Thornton, Seat 2, Janelle Fullbright
District 4 (Muskogee, Wagoner and McIntosh Counties), Don Garvin
District 5 (Ottawa and Delaware Counties), Seat 1, Harley Buzzard, Seat 2, Curtis Snell
District 6 (Mayes County), Seat 1, Chris Soap, Seat 2, Meredith Frailey
District 7 (Rogers County), Cara Cowan Watts
District 8 (Tulsa and Washington Counties), Seat 1, Buel Anglen, Seat 2, Bradley Cobb
District 9 (Craig and Nowata Counties), Chuck Hoskin, Jr.
At-Large, Seat 1, Julia Coates, Seat 2, Jack Baker

Cherokee Nation’s inaugural ceremony for all elected officials will take place on Tuesday, August 14, 2007, at 9 a.m. on the Cherokee Nation Courthouse Square.

Complete election results for the general and run-off elections may be seen on the path to the Cherokee Election Commission.