KAYENTA, AZ – A Navajo Educator, poet, actor, author, Navajo Nation Council Member, current Chairperson of the Navajo Nation Public Safety Committee, and Navajo Nation Presidential Candidate Rex Lee Jim of Rock Point, Arizona will be at the Kayenta Town Hall on Sunday, July 25 at 6:00 pm to give a platform speech.  The candidate has also advocated at the United Nations level and helped draft the United Nations Indgenist Declaration on Human  Rights.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Kayenta Today had fielded several calls to local candidates and Presidential Candidates to extend an invitation, however no other candidate has formally made any commitments yet.  According to the Navajo Nation Election Administration website, these are the candidates for Navajo Nation President at this time:  Donald Benally, Ben Shelly, Daniel Peaches, D. Harrison Tsosie, Linda M. Lovejoy, Sharon Clahchischilliage, Dale E. Tsosie, Jerry Todacheenie, Arbin Mitchell, Anthony Begay, and George Herrera (Write-in Candidate). 

The candidates for the Navajo Nation Council for the Chilchinbeto/Kayenta/Dennehotso area are Stanley Clitso, Katherine Benally, Albert Page Tinhorn, Mary Keahy, and Albert Page Tinhorn.  The doors at the Kayenta Townhall will open at 4:30 pm for other Candidates to share their ideas, campaign platform, and be available to answer questions.   

For more information, you can call Malcolm Benally, Community Development Coordinator at (928) 697-8451.