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Incumbents sweep Tribal Council election

Sasha Goldstein | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 14 years, 11 months AGO
by Sasha Goldstein
| December 17, 2009 11:00 PM

Final tabulations in last Saturdays’  Confederated and Salish Kootenai Tribes Tribal Council election were announced on Wednesday.

All incumbents retained their seats.

Jim Malatare, of Arlee District, Reuben Mathias, of the Elmo Distrcit, Steve Lozar, of the Polson District, Carole Depoe Lankford, of the Ronan District and Joe Durglo, of the St. Ignatius District were all announced as winners.

The initial results did not include absentee ballots, of which there were more than 130, or contested ballots, of which there are 201, which result from a resident voting in a district outside of their home district, according to CSKT communications director Rob McDonald.

Early vote tabulations and opponents are listed below:  

 Arlee:

Jim Malatare, Incumbent, 554

James “Bing” Matt, 540

Elmo:

Reuben Mathias, Incumbent, 584

William “Willie” Burke, 503

Polson:

Steve Lozar, Incumbent, 791

Naida R. Lefthand, 299

Ronan:

Carole Depoe Lankford, Incumbent, 619

Gene Sorrell, 478

St. Ignatius:

Joe Durglo, Incumbent, 678

Patty Stevens, 414

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