Becenti-Aguilar seeks NN council delegate seat formerly held by Mel Begay BEGAY REMOVED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO BY NN COURT; SENTENCED THIS WEEK By Bernie Dotson Sun Correspondent
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I N DOW ROCK , A r iz. - Theresa Becenti-Aguilar, appointed nearly four years ago by for mer New Mexico governor Bill Richardson to fill a vacant Public Regulation Commission seat, will run for a Navajo Nation council delegate seat recently vacated by Mel Begay. Becenti-Aguilar, who is from Coyote Canyon, on the Navajo Nation, will represent Coyote Canyon, Tohatchi, Twin Lakes, Mexican Springs and Naschitti. “With the (US Highway 491) expansion, the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project and the new (Internet) broadband connectivity deployment, it is now time to create short and long-range plans and build on the new infrastructure,”
Theresa Becenti-Aguilar Becenti-Aguilar said. “Our communities reside in a great location for economic growth.” B e c e n t i - A g u i l a r, w h o speaks f luent Navajo, possesses a record of ser vice that includes being a lead coordinator on behalf of the 3rd Congressional District for former president Bill Clinton’s visit to Shiprock years ago. A lso she was assigned to
locate five original Navajo Code Talkers who were ultimately honored at the White House by President George W. Bush and travelled with the Code Talkers to Washington, D.C., when Bush awarded them the Gold Congressional of Honor Medal, also a few years ago. Becenti-Aguilar won the PRC on a subsequent election, but was defeated by former state legislator Lynda Lovejoy of Crownpoint in 2014. BecentiAguilar, a Democrat and one of four history-making women ser v ing PRC at the time, attended New Mexico State University, Santa Fe Business College and the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos. About two months ago, the Navajo Nation Election Ad m i n i s t r a t ion r emove d Begay after a conviction by the Window Rock District Court on conspiracy and making or
permitting false Navajo Nation vouchers charges in amounts that totaled more than $33,000.
Begay was sentenced this week to three years in prison for the crimes.
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Clinton is scheduled to make appearances in Española and Albuquerque later this month. The Hillary Clinton campaign has not announced appearances by the candidate herself yet. Sanders currently trails Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates for the Democratic nomination. New Mexico’s primaries take place on the final day for state primaries. California and New Jersey, two states with much higher populations and so much larger delegate hauls, also hold primaries that day. Republican voters will also cast ballots on June 7, though businessman Donald Trump is the lone remaining candidate. Visit: www.nmpoliticalreport.com
is the presumptive nominee, though other Republican candidates remain on the ballot. The Sanders appearance in Vado, 30 minutes south of Las Cruces, is the only scheduled trip in southern New Mexico so far. Doors will open to the public at 10 am. The announcement came on Wednesday night, a day after the Sanders campaign confirmed the campaign stops in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Sanders is so far the only candidate scheduled to appear in New Mexico ahead of the June 7 primaries. Bill Clinton, the husband of Democratic front-runner Hillary
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