Members of the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado went to the polls twice last week but only one race was decided.

The tribe held a special election for vice chairman on November 1. Howard D. Richards Sr., a former chairman, won the seat.

The tribe also went to the polls on November 4 to vote for the chairman's post and two council seats. However, no candidate received a majority of the vote.

That means incumbent chair Pearl E. Casias and Jimmy R. Newton Jr., who was the vice chairman, will face each other in a run-off. And the top four candidates for the two council seats will compete again.

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Casias and Newton in chairman runoff (The Durango Herald 11/9)

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