2026 Candidate — Council Delegate
LaVonne Tsosie Interviewed
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- Office sought
- Council Delegate
- Chapters (this seat)
- Lupton (Tsé Si’ání), Houck, Klagetoh, Wide Ruins, Nahata Dziil
- Incumbent
- No
- Education
- AA in fashion merchandising; degree in political science (NAU)
- Interview date
- Interview — May 31, 2026
- Interview status
- Interviewed by Cal Nez — Politics on the Navajo Nation (2026)
From the record, in one paragraph:
Their overall approach
Tsosie is a Navajo-Hopi relocatee — moved to the New Lands (Nahatá Dziil), giving up her land for a house and $5,000 — who went on to a long career across all three branches: council staff from 1989, the Navajo Housing Authority, the prosecutor's office, work under Pres From their answers →
Summary
A summary in the site’s words, drawn from the candidate’s recorded interview — not a quotation and not the candidate’s own wording. Their exact words are in the interview video.
Lavonne Tsosie is a Navajo-Hopi relocatee with a long career across all three branches of the Navajo Nation government, running for the Nahatá Dziil area Council seat. Her interview with Cal Nez was personal and detailed, centered on relocatee issues, accountability, and council reform.
Interview Q&A
In the interview, this candidate addressed:
Background: A Relocatee's Story & a Three-Branch Career · The First Relocatee Delegate · Relocatee Issues: Housing, Jobs & Roads · Accountability & the $24 Million ZenniHomes · Health Care & the 638 System · Reforming How Council Works
In their own words: “Economic development, to me, it means that my community is going to thrive if we can really get it going. But we need jobs.”
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