🏛️ THE ELECTION FORUM · 2026

THE 2026 ELECTION · PRIMARY JULY 21 · GENERAL NOVEMBER 3

The 2026 Navajo Nation Election

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Who’s running where you live? All 102 candidates listed — every race, by agency and precinct — with side-by-side comparison, and in-depth Cal Nez interviews for the 42 candidates who have sat down so far. Free, independent, and nonpartisan. We inform; you decide.

Find your candidates → How & when to vote → Compare side-by-side →

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The race — who’s running, and where they stand

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The interviews — Cal Nez asks, candidates answer

Every candidate interview on this site comes from one place: Cal Nez and his Politics on the Navajo Nation series — recorded conversations where candidates answer in their own words, question by question. The same invitation stands for every candidate in every race.

Round 2 is open — a second interview before the primary

As the primary nears, Cal Nez is inviting candidates who already sat for a first interview to come back for a Round 2 — a further chance to be questioned on the record. Three have returned so far: Shaquille Begay, Marsha Greyeyes, and Cornelia Carm Wagoner. The invitation remains open to every candidate who has interviewed once.

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The issues — read the record, issue by issue

Each article takes one issue, traces it to its roots, and shows what the candidates said — drawn from the interviews and the law, cited to the source. Start anywhere.

• Boil snow — Water, hauling, and the settlement nobody named
• What the record shows — Healthcare, 638, and who oversees it
• A bed that comes down — $24 million and the housing waitlist
• Where would the money come from? — The economy, jobs, and revenue
• The language shall be taught — Schools, college, and Diné language
• They came home to a waiting list — How the Nation serves its veterans
• The officers in the room — Police, prosecutors, and safety
• Who is allowed to build it — Roads, power, broadband, and jurisdiction
• The layer closest to the people — Chapters and local governance
• Why do the branches fight? — The executive–legislative conflict
• The law that was supposed to build the economy — The NBOA and business opportunity
• How the Nation buys — Procurement, competitive bidding, and the 2026 overhaul
• How a contract is supposed to move — The 11-step walk-through, and the question to ask at each
• The companies the people own — The Nation’s enterprises
• One ranch and one farm — The ranches and agriculture
• The tribunal that stopped sitting — The Labor Commission
• Half the Nation lives somewhere else — Off-reservation members
• Starting to leave us — Youth, language, and culture
• The Gray Zone — Tribal business and accountability

More on what candidates said, in their own words: What they said on healthcare →

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