Mescalero tribal president defeated in primary
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- Published: 23 October 2007
Mescalero, New Mexico (AP) 10-07
Mescalero Apache voters have ousted the tribes president, who finished behind a former tribal president and a Tribal Council member in the tribes primary election.
Mark Chino, who took office in January 2004, came in third October 2nd behind former President Sara Misquez and Councilor Carleton Naiche-Palmer.
Misquez garnered 291 votes, compared with 264 for Naiche-Palmer, 241 for Chino, 160 for Oliver Enjady and 138 for Maria Saenz.
Misquez and Naiche-Palmer will square off in an election next month.
Misquez became president of the southern New Mexico tribe in mid-1999, following the Tribal Councils ouster of Paul Ortega after he served six months as president.
Ortega was appointed president after the 1998 death of Chinos father, Wendell Chino, who was the tribes leader for 43 years.
Mark Chino defeated Misquez in the tribes 2001 election for president, but the Tribal Council tossed out the results two weeks later in a voting machine controversy.
Misquez won a special election in January 2002.
Misquez and Chino again faced off in the November 2003 election, which Chino won.
Naiche-Palmer had challenged that election, alleging his name had been wrongly taken off the ballot the day before the tribes September 2003 primary election.
Information from: Alamogordo Daily News, www.alamogordonews.com
Mescalero Apache voters have ousted the tribes president, who finished behind a former tribal president and a Tribal Council member in the tribes primary election.
Mark Chino, who took office in January 2004, came in third October 2nd behind former President Sara Misquez and Councilor Carleton Naiche-Palmer.
Misquez garnered 291 votes, compared with 264 for Naiche-Palmer, 241 for Chino, 160 for Oliver Enjady and 138 for Maria Saenz.
Misquez and Naiche-Palmer will square off in an election next month.
Misquez became president of the southern New Mexico tribe in mid-1999, following the Tribal Councils ouster of Paul Ortega after he served six months as president.
Ortega was appointed president after the 1998 death of Chinos father, Wendell Chino, who was the tribes leader for 43 years.
Mark Chino defeated Misquez in the tribes 2001 election for president, but the Tribal Council tossed out the results two weeks later in a voting machine controversy.
Misquez won a special election in January 2002.
Misquez and Chino again faced off in the November 2003 election, which Chino won.
Naiche-Palmer had challenged that election, alleging his name had been wrongly taken off the ballot the day before the tribes September 2003 primary election.
Information from: Alamogordo Daily News, www.alamogordonews.com