2026 Candidate — Council Delegate
Titus J. Nez Incumbent Interviewed
B · From the record Summaries are drawn from Cal Nez’s interview. Quotations are not published until checked against the recording. How we verify →
- Office sought
- Council Delegate
- Chapters (this seat)
- Churchrock, Breadsprings (Bááháálí), Iyanbito, Smith Lake, Mariano Lake, Pinedale
- Incumbent
- Yes
- 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
Nez centers his platform on “economic sovereignty” and a Navajo-first approach: keeping Navajo money circulating in Navajo communities, expanding the Navajo Business Opportunity Act so tribal enterprises stop competing with private Navajo businesses, and building econom 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.
Titus Nez's interview with Cal Nez was detailed, moving through Navajo governance history, economic sovereignty, the budget process, land status, 638 and healthcare, and infrastructure.
Interview Q&A
In the interview, this candidate addressed:
Platform & Economic Sovereignty · Governance History & Government Reform · The Budget & the Missing $24M · Land Status & Land-Back · Healthcare & 638 · Enterprises & Economic Development
In their own words: “We should be pumping our money to our nation, for our people, for our community’s jobs, keeping that money flowing here in the Navajo Nation.”
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