{"id":1380,"date":"2024-10-20T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2024-10-20T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T19:27:04","slug":"u-s-senate-candidate-ruben-gallego-gains-attention-for-native-vote-outreach-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/10\/20\/u-s-senate-candidate-ruben-gallego-gains-attention-for-native-vote-outreach-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego gains attention for Native vote outreach in Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the final days of the campaign, U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego<\/a>, a Democrat from Arizona, is gaining attention for his Native vote efforts.<\/p>

The New York Times<\/a>, The Washington Post<\/a> and 12 News<\/a> were among the media outlets that covered Gallego's visit to the Havasupai Tribe<\/a>. The visit, which took place on Indigenous Peoples' Day on October 14, 2024, was notable because Gallego hiked several miles in and out of the Grand Canyon<\/a>, where the tribe lives and where major flooding recently occurred<\/a>, rather than take a helicopter.<\/p>

\"The Havasupai people have lived in the Grand Canyon for centuries,\" Gallego wrote in a post on social media<\/a> on October 17, 2024. \"Their history is Arizona\u2019s history and I will always fight to protect it.\"<\/div><\/div>
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Gallego, who currently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>, has vowed to visit every tribal community<\/a> in Arizona during his campaign. According to the media reports, the visit to the Havasupai Tribe was his 20th -- he has two more to go before the election on November 5, 2024.<\/div>
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Gallego is running against Republican Kari Lake.<\/a> who has campaigned in Indian Country<\/a>. Her most high-profile Native endorsement is from Myron Lizer<\/a>, a former vice president of the Navajo Nation<\/a>\u00a0who has recorded ads in support of the Republican Party<\/a> in Arizona.<\/div><\/div>
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On Gallego's campaign website,\"Tribal Communities<\/a>\" are included as his priorities. Lake does not have a comparable page on her platform, although she has touched on tribal water rights<\/a> as part of her focus on \"Water for the West<\/a>.\"<\/div>
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Polls show<\/a> Gallego consistently leading Lake, in many cases by several points.<\/div>\n<\/div>
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Ruben Gallego, the Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Arizona, hiked for miles to reach the Havasupai Tribe.<\/p>\n

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