Denise Juneau, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, won the Democratic nomination for Superintendent of the Office of Public Instruction in Montana.

Juneau won nearly 70 percent of the vote. She will face Republican Elaine Sollie Herman and Libertarian Donald Eisenmenger in the general election in November.

Juneau grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation, where her father is from. She began teaching on Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota before returning to Montana to continue her career in education.

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Juneau wins nomination in OPI race (The Great Falls Tribune 6/4)