[env-trinity] Times-Standard- Hoopa primary sends four races to general run-off

[Tom Stokely]

Eureka Times-Standard 
http://www.times-standard.com/Stories/0,1413,127~2896~2861586,00.html# 
Hoopa primary sends four races to general run-off 
By The Times-Standard 

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 

EUREKA -- Once again, Duane Sherman Sr. and Clifford Lyle 
Marshall will be facing each other in an election to determine who 
will lead the Hoopa Valley Tribe. 

>From a field of three candidates for the tribal chairmanship, 
Marshall and Sherman were the survivors. Marshall has 309 votes 
to Sherman's 267. The third candidate -- A. Billy Colegrove -- 
received 168 votes. 

Sherman and Marshall, who have faced off before, will go 
head-to-head in the June 21 general election. 

For the Agency District, Edward Guyer II with 205 votes and Byron 
Nelson Jr. with 168 votes will vie for a seat on the tribal council in 
June. Richard Marshall received 80 votes, Carol Ann 
McCullough-Cunha 139 votes and Mary Jane Risling received 147. 

For the Bald Hills District, the run-off will be between LeRoy Jackson, 
who received 339 votes, and Rob Roy Latham Jr. with 221 votes. Ben 
Branham Jr. received 180 votes. 

In the Hostler/Matilton District, Wendy "Poppy" George took the prize 
with 432 votes. There will be no run-off for this seat. Mikyowe 
Jackson got 53 votes and Daniel Pratt Sr. got 247 votes. 

In the Soctish/Cheynone District, Margaret Mattz-Dickson got 322 
votes while Arnold Beeson came in with 165 votes. They will battle 
for the seat in June. Ryan Jackson got 143 votes and Bonny 
Marshal-Roberts got 108 votes. 

According to a press release from the tribe, 751 votes were tallied 
from the total of 1,315 who were eligible to cast ballots. The election 
took place on April 26. 

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