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Nine candidates file for Primary Election, set for March 10

Nine candidates have filed for the Osage Nation’s first Primary Election, set for March 10.

The four Osages running for Principal Chief are Osage Congressman Geoffrey Standing Bear, Margo Gray, Principal Chief John Red Eagle and Tom Boone.

The five candidates for Assistant Principal Chief are Osage Congressman Raymond Red Corn, Jimmy “Osage” Dailey, Amanda Proctor, Terry Mason Moore and Randolph Crawford.

The top two winners of each race will advance to the Osage Nation General Election on June 2.

The Osage News will be profiling all nine candidates and fact checking their campaign material. The Osage News will also be hosting a debate for the Primary Election candidates on Feb. 1 at the Hominy Co-Op building and will be live-streaming the debate. Tribal members are urged to send in their questions, along with their names, city and state they live in, to be asked to the candidates. The League of Women Voters of Tulsa will be hosting the debates.

Tribal members can send their questions to osagenews@osagetribe.org.

Important Upcoming Dates

Jan. 29 – Absentee ballot mailing begins
Feb. 1 – Osage News Political Debates for Primary Election Candidates
Feb. 10 – Deadline to request an absentee ballot.
March 7 – Early Voting, polls open 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
March 8 – Early Voting, polls open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
March 10 – Election Day, polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

General Election

March 14-31 – Filing dates for members of Congress, six positions available
April 23 – Absentee ballot mailing begins
April 26 – Osage News Political Debates for OMC Candidates
May 3-4 – Osage News Political Debates for General Election Candidates
May 5 – Deadline to request an absentee ballot
May 30 – Early Voting, polls open 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.
May 31 – Early Voting, polls open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
June 2 – Election Day, polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The Osage Election Office is located at 608 Kihekah in downtown Pawhuska. For more information on the upcoming elections contact the election office at (918) 287-5289.

Follow the Osage News on Facebook and Twitter for breaking news and updates on candidates and the election.


By

Shannon Shaw Duty


Original Publish Date: 2014-01-08 00:00:00

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Shannon Shaw Duty
Shannon Shaw Dutyhttps://osagenews.org

Title: Editor
Email: sshaw20@gmail.com
Twitter: @dutyshaw
Topic Expertise: Columnist, Culture, Community
Languages spoken: English, Osage (intermediate), Spanish (beginner)

Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage from the Grayhorse District, is the editor of the award-winning Osage News, the official independent media of the Osage Nation. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a master’s degree in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Indigenous Peoples Law. She currently sits on the Freedom of Information Committee for the Society of Professional Journalists. She has served as a board member for LION Publishers, as Vice President for the Pawhuska Public Schools Board of Education, on the Board of Directors for the Native American Journalists Association (now Indigenous Journalists Association) and served as a board member and Chairwoman for the Pawhuska Johnson O’Malley Parent Committee. She is a Chips Quinn Scholar, a former instructor for the Freedom Forum’s Native American Journalism Career Conference and the Freedom Forum’s American Indian Journalism Institute. She is a former reporter for The Santa Fe New Mexican. She is a 2012 recipient of the Native American 40 Under 40 from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. In 2014 she helped lead the Osage News to receive NAJA's Elias Boudinot Free Press Award. The Osage News won Best Newspaper from the SPJ-Oklahoma Chapter in their division 2018-2022. Her award-winning work has been published in Indian Country Today, The Washington Post, the Center for Public Integrity, NPR, the Associated Press, Tulsa World and others. She currently resides in Pawhuska, Okla., with her husband and together they share six children, two dogs and two cats.

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