"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - June Election Filing Periods Ends

TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The filing period has ended for the June 23 Cherokee Nation general election. A total of 17 council seats as well as the offices of principal chief and deputy principal chief will be on the ballot. A runoff election, if needed for any of the offices, is scheduled for July 28.

Candidates running for the various offices and council seats are as follows:

Principal Chief: Chad Smith (incumbent) and Stacy Leeds;
Deputy Principal Chief: Joe Grayson, Jr. (incumbent) and Raymond Vann;
District 1: Seat 1 – Bill John Baker (incumbent) and Barbara Dawes Martens;
Seat 2 – Audra Smoke-Conner (incumbent), Tina Glory Jordan, Amon A. Baker
and David Walkingstick;
District 2: Seat 1 – S. Joe Crittenden (incumbent) and Rita Bunch;
Seat 2 – Jackie Bob Martin (incumbent), Ronnie Joe Hale, Jack L. Christie
and Jodie Fishinghawk;
District 3: Seat 1 – David W. Thornton, Sr. (incumbent) and Sam Ed Bush, Jr.;
Seat 2 – Phyllis A. Yargee (incumbent) and Janelle Lattimore Fullbright;
District 4: Seat 1 – Don Garvin (incumbent) and Mickey Igert;
District 5: Seat 1 – Melvina Shotpouch (incumbent), Harley Buzzard
and Susan Lamb Reed;
Seat 2 – Linda Hughes O’Leary (incumbent) and Curtis G. Snell;
District 6: Seat 1 – Jerry Dale Troglin, Sue Fine and Chris Soap;
Seat 2 – Meredith A. Frailey (incumbent) and Gary R. Keener;
District 7: Seat 1 – Cara Cowan-Watts (incumbent) and Thelda Rucker Boen;
District 8: Seat 1 – Buel Anglin (incumbent) and Roy Herman;
Seat 2 – Bradley Cobb and Stephen D. Earley;
District 9: Seat 1 – Rodney Lay and Chuck Hoskin, Jr.;
At-Large: Seat 1 – Taylor Keen (incumbent) and Julia Coates;
Seat 2 – Jack D. Baker (incumbent) and Sean Nordwall.