{"id":26428,"date":"2022-07-21T11:13:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=26428"},"modified":"2022-07-21T11:13:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:13:31","slug":"red-lake-nation-returns-darrell-seki-to-chair-position-in-close-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/07\/21\/red-lake-nation-returns-darrell-seki-to-chair-position-in-close-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Lake Nation returns Darrell Seki to chair position in close race"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Darrell<\/a>
Darrell G. Seki, Sr. serves as chair of the Red Lake Nation, an Ojibwe tribe in northern Minnesota. Photo: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/figcaption>\r\n
Red Lake Nation returns Darrell Seki to chair position in close race<\/div>\r\n
Thursday, July 21, 2022<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nVoters of the Red Lake Nation<\/a> returned Darrell G. Seki, Sr. to the chairman’s position, according to unofficial results.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe outcome was close. The unofficial tally<\/a> from the run-off election shows Seki defeating Floyd “Buck” Jourdain, a former chair, by just 102 votes.\r\n

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Unofficial results from the Red Lake Nation election on July 20, 2022. Source: Red Lake Tribal Council<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAn even closer result was seen during an election on May 18. Jourdain had come out ahead of Seki by just three votes in that race.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nSince neither candidate in the earlier election won more than 50 percent of the vote, the run-off was held on Wednesday.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nFour council seats were also up for grabs. In two districts, newcomers won election. In two other districts, the incumbents were ousted, the unofficial results show.\r\n

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