Floyd Jourdain Jr. was sworn in as chairman of the Red Lake Nation of Minnesota on Tuesday after the tribal council rejected a call for a new election.

The council voted 7-2 to install Jourdain and four others into office. The vote came during an emotionally charged, three-hour debate.

Jourdain defeated challenger Judy Roy, the tribe's former secretary, by 71 votes. Roy won the on-reservation vote but Jourdain was carried by absentee and off-reservation ballots.

This is Jourdain's second term.

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Jourdain sworn in as Red Lake chairman (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 8/9)
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Jourdain sworn in for second term as Red Lake chairman (AP 8/8)

Relevant Links:
Red Lake Net News - http://www.rlnn.com
Red Lake Nation - http://www.redlakenation.org

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