Eric Descheenie

Summary

Eric Descheenie is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 7 in 2016, retiring in 2019. He is currently the Director of Tribal Government Relations for the Navajo County Board of Supervisors. He has also served as a Tribal Liaison to the Arizona Department of Housing and the Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity.

Eric Descheenie
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 7th district
In office
January 9, 2017 – January 14, 2019
Preceded byAlbert Hale
Succeeded byMyron Tsosie
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceChinle, Arizona
Alma materArizona State University

Elections edit

  • 2016 – Descheenie and Wenona Benally were unopposed in the Democratic Primary and the general election.[1]
  • 2014 – Descheenie lost the District 7 senate Democratic primary to incumbent Carlyle Begay.[2] Begay would later switch to the Republican Party in 2015.

References edit

  1. ^ "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016" (PDF). Phoenix, Arizona: Secretary of State of Arizona. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2016-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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