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Crystalyne Curley for Navajo Nation PresidentNative American women earned historic wins in Tuesday's elections. Crystalyne Curley was elected as the first woman president of the Navajo Nation and former U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland broke ground as the first Native woman elected governor of New Mexico. -
Screenshot/CCSOA Coconino County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an armed man at the KOA Campground late Saturday. The man's wife told 911 dispatchers her husband had a gun and threatened to take his own life. -
Ryan Heinsius/KNAUArizona voters approved most of the measures Republican lawmakers put on the ballot, even as they handed control of the House and Senate to Democrats. -
Sierra Watson, Cronkite NewsIn her first speech since easily coasting to reelection, Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to crack down on Arizona's school voucher system, which many see as out of control and riddled with fraud and abuse.
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![New Mexico attorney Justin Jones [left] and Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley [right] at their respective Election Night watch parties in Arizona on Nov. 3, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ce4e538/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1760x981+0+5/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F33%2Fb82f441344579089c2cf3e2503c2%2Fjones-curley-fb.jpg)
Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley won by a margin of 1,115 votes. But her opponent, New Mexico attorney Justin Jones, isn’t giving up. -
Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process. -
Initial results from Tuesday’s election indicate that Democrats could take over the state Legislature for the first time in six decades. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has won re-election, according to a race call by the Associated Press. -
Katie Hobbs, who in 2022 became the first Democrat elected governor in Arizona since Janet Napolitano in 2006, handily brushed aside a challenge from East Valley conservative Andy Biggs. -
Voters in northern Arizona defeated local ballot measures that would have increased taxes but also supported open space and heightened requirements for developers.
![New Mexico attorney Justin Jones [left] and Navajo Nation Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley [right] at their respective Election Night watch parties in Arizona on Nov. 3, 2026.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/668275b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1760x981+0+5/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F62%2F33%2Fb82f441344579089c2cf3e2503c2%2Fjones-curley-fb.jpg)
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