
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — The 25th Navajo Nation Council unanimously passed emergency legislation Jan. 28 urging New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to appoint a Navajo citizen to fill the vacant seat in New Mexico’s House District 6.
Legislation 0008-25, sponsored by Speaker Crystalyne Curley and co-sponsored and presented by Council Delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty, seeks to address the vacancy left by the passing of former Rep. Eliseo Lee Alcon, who served for 16 years in the New Mexico State Legislature.
“House District 6 is home to a large and vibrant Navajo population, and it is vital that their voices are meaningfully represented in the state legislature,” Curley said...