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Arizona campaigns are stepping up Indigenous outreach. Navajo voters still say they feel ignored.

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Indigenous Arizonans say they feel disenfranchised and detached from the political system.

Political candidates, campaign surrogates, and staffers court Arizona 's key Indigenous vote at Navajo Nation Fair .

Democratic state Sen. Theresa Hatathlie said Navajo voters’ feelings on disenfranchement were valid.

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego marched the parade in Arizona .

Navajo voters feel they’ve been ignored by the government.

The political candidate who got the strongest reception at the Navajo Nation Fair is a member of the tribe: Jonathan Nez , the Democratic candidate for Arizona ’s Democratic 2nd Congressional District.