Voters of the Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico elected a new president on Tuesday.
Carleton Naiche-Palmer, a tribal council member, won by a landslide. He defeated former president Sara Misquez by more than 250 votes.
Naiche-Palmer replaces outgoing president Mark Chino, who did not survive the tribe's primary last month.
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