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Buu Nygren uses familiar platform to win Navajo presidency

Karlene Goodluck places dough in oil to make Navajo fry bread outside of the Churchrock Chapter House in Church Rock, N.M., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV) The Navajo Election Administration waits for calls to start coming in from the Navajo Nation Chapter Houses to start tabulating results at the Navajo Nation Sports center in Window Rock, Ariz., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Navajo voters are deciding Tuesday who they want to be their next tribal president. Buu Nygren is challenging incumbent president Jonathan Nez. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV) Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, D-Ariz., makes Navajo fry bread near the Tohatchi Chapter House in Tohatchi, N.M., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Blackwater-Nygren's husband, Buu Nygren, is running for president of the Navajo Nation against incumbent president Jonathan Nez. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV) Arnold Goodluck flips dough in oil to produce Navajo fry bread at the Churchrock Chapter House in Church Rock, N.M., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Navajo voters are deciding Tuesday who they want to be their next president, a position that wields influence nationally because of the tribe's hefty population and the size of it reservation in the U.S. Southwest. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV) People stand in line for food at the Nygren Montoya camp on Tuesday, Nov. 8 2022, at the Navajo Nation Fairgrounds in Window Rock, Ariz. Navajo voters are deciding Tuesday who they want to be their next president, a position that wields influence nationally because of the tribe's hefty population and the size of it reservation in the U.S. Southwest. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV) A line of cars forms at the Churchrock Chapter House in Church Rock, N.M., as voters arrive to place their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Navajo voters are deciding who they want to be their next president, a position that wields influence nationally because of the tribe's hefty population and the size of it reservation in the U.S. Southwest. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV) People wait for calls to start coming in to the Navajo Election Administration from the Navajo Nation Chapter Houses, where results are being tabulated, at the Navajo Nation Sports center in Window Rock, Ariz., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Navajo voters are deciding Tuesday who they want to be their next tribal president. Buu Nygren is challenging incumbent president Jonathan Nez. (AP Photo/William C. Weaver IV)