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Lineup Set for Candidates for Hopi Chairman, Vice Chairman

By Tina May, Public Information Officer

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October 26, 2009

KYKOTSMOVI, Ariz. — Six candidates were certified to run for chairman of the Hopi Tribe by the Oct. 20 deadline, and five candidates qualified to seek the office of vice chairman in the Nov. 4 primary.

Seeking the chairman job are Tommy A. Canyon, Caleb H. Johnson, Harry Nutumya, Phillip Roy Quochytewa Sr., Leroy Ned Shingoitewa and Clark W. Tenakhongva.

Candidates for vice chairman are Rod Duwala, Herman G. Honanie, Elgean Joshevama, Keith Pahovama Sr. and Leroy Sumatzkuku.

The top two vote-getters for each position will face off in the general election Nov. 18.

The two offices have been vacant since last December when Ben Nuvamsa resigned as chairman and Todd Honyaoma Sr. resigned as vice chairman.

The chairman also is the chief executive officer. A reorganization task team, headed by Tribal Council member Davis F. Pecusa, is working on a resolution to take away the CEO powers from the chairman and make the CEO a separate job. The CEO would answer to the Tribal Council, Pecusa said, which would prevent the chairman from issuing executive orders that bypass the council.

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. on both election days. All members of the Hopi Tribe who are at least 18 years old are eligible to vote.

Steven A. Chin is reznet's managing editor. A former new media specialist at the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and former reporter at the San Francisco Examiner, Chin is principal of MKmedia, a web development consulting firm.

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