Southern Utes elect two to council

Author:
ICT Staff
Updated:
Sep 12, 2018
Original:
Dec 22, 2009

Incumbent Jimmy Newton Jr. and newcomer Joycelyn Dutchie have been elected to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe's governing council. Newton and Dutchie bested two other candidates in a runoff election Friday after no candidate received a majority of the 357 votes cast in the Nov. 6 election. Southern Ute election law requires a majority.

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