The current chairman and a former chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara
Nation of North Dakota will face each other again after winning the most votes in a primary on Tuesday.
Tex Hall, who served two terms as chairman, had 529 votes. Marcus Levings, the incumbent, had 415 votes.
Levings had said he wasn't going to run for a second term but changed his mind in July.
Hall, who lost to Levings in 2006, decided to make a comeback.
The general election takes place November 2.
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won't run again (7/16)
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