原住民女性在 2026 年中期选举创多项首次:亚利桑那首位原住民州级官员将就职,纳瓦霍首位女总统待重计

亚利桑那共和报 11 月 13 日汇总报道,在 2026 年中期选举中,被许多原住民社区称为传统女性领袖的原住民女性在从州议会到国会的多层选举中取得历史性成绩。
亚利桑那州将迎来该州首位原住民州级当选官员,新当选州公司委员会成员克拉拉·普拉特称她已着手准备上任后监管民营与投资者拥有的公用事业及公用事业合作社的工作,她将于明年 1 月就职。
纳瓦霍族将选出首位女总统,现任议会议长克里斯塔琳·柯利在选举夜以约 1100 票领先对手贾斯汀·琼斯,最终结果可能取决于琼斯 11 月 11 日提出的重计结果。
新墨西哥州选出该州首位原住民女州长,拉古纳普埃布洛成员、前众议员与前内政部长德布·哈兰德将于明年 1 月 1 日就任州长。
明尼苏达州前副州长佩吉·弗拉纳根成为首位当选联邦参议员的原住民女性,如前阿拉斯加州众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉的领先保持住,前往华盛顿的原住民女性人数将增至 6 人,佩尔托拉截至 11 月 11 日以近 4000 票领先现任参议员丹·沙利文,已计票约 86%。
关岛前总检察长艾丽西亚·利姆蒂亚科成为首位当选国会关岛代表的查莫罗女性,美属萨摩亚代表奥穆阿·阿玛塔·科尔曼·拉德瓦根将连任第七个任期。
Indigenous Women Post Historic Firsts in 2026 Midterms, From Arizona Statewide Office to the Navajo Nation Presidency
Indigenous women posted historic wins in the 2026 midterm elections, from statehouses to Congress, the Arizona Republic reported on November 13, in races spanning several states and territories.
Arizona will welcome its first Native statewide office holder in January, Clara Pratte, newly elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission, who said she was already preparing for work regulating privately owned and investor-owned utilities and utility cooperatives.
The Navajo Nation elected its first woman president, with current council speaker Crystalyne Curley finishing election night with an 1,100-vote edge over Justin Jones, while final results could depend on a recount Jones requested on November 11.
New Mexico elected its first Indigenous woman governor, former congresswoman and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, who takes office on January 1.
Former Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan was the first Native woman elected to the US Senate, and if former Alaska Representative Mary Peltola's lead holds, six Native women will head to Washington, with Peltola leading incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan by nearly 4,000 votes with 86 percent of votes tallied as of November 11.
Former Guam Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco became the first CHamoru woman elected to represent Guam in Congress, and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen will return for a seventh term representing American Samoa.
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图片来源:图:图中是德布·哈兰德的官方头像照片,她是拉古纳普埃布洛成员、前内政部长。Department of the Interior,Public domain,经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: file photo related to this report. Department of the Interior,Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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