Cherokee Nation Tribal Council Races Draw 27 Candidates

Twenty-seven Cherokee Nation citizens filed paperwork at the tribe's Election Office to declare their respective candidacies for nine Tribal Council seats for the June 22, 2013 ballot. 

Here is the list of races and candidates:

District 2

• Joe Byrd [i]
• Tonya Teaney
• Tamsye Dreadfulwater

District 4

• Don Garvin [i]
• Justin E Carlton
• Mike Robbins

District 5

• David W Thorton Sr [i]
• Dink Scott
• Sherri L Doolin

District 7

• Frankie Hargis [i]
• Joe Adair
• Wade Hampton

District 9

• Lonus Mitchell
• Curtis Snell [i]

District 10

• Nettie Deherage
• Melvina Shotpouch
• Harley L Buzzard

District 11

• Chuck Hoskin Jr [i]

District 15

• Janees Taylor
• Marilyn Marion Carlene Cooper
• Meredith A Frailey [i]

District at large

• Robin Mayes
• Ken Luttrell
• Carole Richmond
• Jack D. Baker [i]
• Curtis(Kurt) West
• Curtis "Muskrat" Bruehl

[i] = Incumbent

Cherokee Nation citizens have until 5 p.m. on April 1, 2013 to register to vote.

Voting begins on June 15, 2013 with four days of in-person absentee voting.