New tribal chairman elected

NEW TOWN – Voters of the Three Affiliated Tribes elected a new chairman in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election. According to the Tribal Election Board, Darwin D. Williams received 1,722 votes, naming him the new tribal chairman. Frederick W. Fox, who also ran for the position, received 1,298 votes. Williams will replace Mark Fox, who did not seek reelection as tribal chairman. In the race for Four Bears representative to the Tribal Business Council, incumbent Robert White was reelected to the position with 242 votes. Yvette Young Bear received 199 votes. The Election Board certified the results Wednesday, Nov. 4. In the earlier primary election Mervin Packineau, Parshall, and Cory Spotted Bear, Twin Buttes, received a majority of the votes cast and were declared elected to their respective offices. According to the Three Affiliated Tribes Election Ordinance, a defeated candidate or 10 qualified tribal voters who desire to contest an election after the results have been formally cert