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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

June 9, 2010

BOIS FORTE VOTERS RE-ELECT TWO INCUMBENTS, ONE NEW CANDIDATE

NETT LAKE, Minn. – The official vote totals were completed at 1:30 a.m. this morning and Election Board Chair Jeremy Hoagland announced the winners of three close races for seats on the Bois Forte Tribal Council.

Incumbent David Morrison was re-elected to his sixth term as Secretary-Treasurer by holding off challenger Joanne Donald.  

In the race for District I Representative, voters elected Brandon Benner to his first term on the Tribal Council. Benner defeated incumbent Ray Villebrun, Sr. who has served on the Council in non-consecutive terms for twelve years.

In the District II election, incumbent Ray Toutloff won a second term, defeating political newcomer Kelly Dunkley.

June 11 is the deadline for any candidate to petition for a recount. The Minnesota Chippewa Tribe will review and certify the final results.

Bois Forte will host a swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected Tribal Leaders on July 13 at Fortune Bay Resort Casino on Lake Vermilion.

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