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By the numbers: Not exactly zero

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In this Monday, June 8, 2020, file photo, Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, gives a thumbs-up as he asks lawmakers to approve his measure to increase mental health funding for the homeless, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Gloria, a gay state legislator, is a leading contender in the race to become mayor. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Tlingit man elected mayor of San Diego

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Josiah Patkotak narrowly wins state House seat in Alaska

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Shane Morigeau (Photo courtesy of ShaneForMontana.com)
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Shane Morigeau appointed to state Senate seat

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Lummi Nation tribal member Karen Scott drops her completed ballot into a ballot drop box Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, on the Lummi Reservation, near Bellingham, Wash. Washington Native Vote Day is Tuesday, Oct. 20, where tribes throughout the state connect, mainly remotely this year because of the coronavirus, with each other to encourage tribal members to register to vote and to cast their ballots. The historic photo used on the voting poster is referred to as "Lummi Woman," shot by Edward Curtis in 1899. It wasn't until 1962 that every state in the nation secured the right to vote for Native people. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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‘Challenging our erasure in voting data’

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Two Inupiaq candidates face off for an open Alaska House seat. Josiah Patkotak, left, is running as an Independent. Elizabeth Ferguson, right, is running as a Democrat,
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An Inupiaq candidate will head to Alaska’s House – but which one?

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Vanessa Torres, Southern Ute council member. (Photo courtesy of Southern Ute)
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More results from tribal elections

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Former Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the 2014 The White House Tribal Nations Conference in Washington D.C. (Photo: Vincent Schilling)
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White House Tribal Nations Conference to return

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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, whose brother died from COVID-19, wears a mask during a press conference by her and Gov. Tim Walz to announce a statewide mask mandate, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, to help slow the spread of COVID-19. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP)
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Assembling an inclusive Biden cabinet

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The Native vote turned out ... so today it's celebration

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The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska has new 2020 leadership. (L-R) Treasurer Jazelle Miller, council member Carlton Edwards, Vice-Chairwoman Cheyenne Robinson, Chairman Everett Baxter Jr., Secretary Gwen Porter, council members Alan Harlan and Jerome Hamilton. (Photo courtesy of Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Facebook)
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Election Day times two in Indian Country

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Menikanaehkem, Menominee Community Rebuilders voting advocates provide rides to the polls on election day. (Photo courtesy Menikanaehkem)
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'Something else' may make all the difference this election

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Paulette Jordan, Coeur d’Alene, at the National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session in Washington, D.C., on February 2020. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today)
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Paulette Jordan, Coeur d’Alene, loses Senate bid

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Dr. Ponka-We Victors, Tohono O'odham and Ponca, is running for her sixth term in the Kansas State Legislature in District 103. She talked about her 10-year service as an elected state official on September 29, 2020 in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today)
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Native candidates score in legislative, other bids

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Kaiali’i “Kai” Kahele attends the Kailua Parade in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Kai Kahele campaign website)
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US House candidates make history

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Paulette Jordan, Coeur d’Alene, at the National Congress of American Indians Executive Council Winter Session in Washington, D.C., on February 2020. (Photo by Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today)
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Paulette Jordan’s historic Senate bid

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, Ho-chunk, seeks a second term. (Photo courtesy of Davids' campaign)
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Sharice Davids: ‘Honor of a lifetime’

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Kaialiʻi “Kai” Kahele, a Democrat and Hawaii state senator, is a candidate for Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District. (Photo courtesy of Kai Kahele campaign website)
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Native Hawaiian candidate a favorite for US House

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In this 2017 photo, Horace Locklear of Fairmont, N.C. a member of the Lumbee Tribe sits in his living room.  While he voted for President Obama in 2009, he voted for President Trump in 2016  because he thinks he can bring jobs to the region – and also, based on his reading of the Bible, because he doesn't think a woman should be president. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Native vote could affect key Senate races

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Lynnette Grey Bull, Northern Arapaho and Hunkpapa Lakota, oversees the Northern Arapaho Tribal Housing Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program, helping get federal pandemic funds to people who need assistance with housing and electricity. (Photo courtesy of Lynnette Grey Bull)
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First-time Native candidate already making history

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President Donald Trump, left, points towards Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Seated in the center is moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Native vote plays powerful role, especially in swing states

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This 2020 photo shows New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, who is seeking a second term in Congress. (Photo by Aliyah Chavez, Indian Country Today)
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US Rep. Deb Haaland seeks a second term

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Montana setting the example

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Native TV commercials: The good shot

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U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee (Photo courtesy of @MullinForCongress via Facebook)
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Cherokee candidates square off in US House race

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Apache artist expresses power of the Indigenous vote

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People gather on risers at the Williams, Arizona, rodeo grounds under a “Native Americans for Trump” banner Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Photo by Carina Dominguez, Indian Country Today)
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Donald Trump releases vision for Indian Country

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Pictured: U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK-04). Cole is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and is the Ranking Member of House Rules Committee.
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US Rep. Tom Cole, Chickasaw, eyes 10th term

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Remi Bald Eagle (Courtesy of the Remi Bald Eagle for South Dakota PUC Facebook page)
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Candidate: Tribal citizens' voice 'vital' in energy regulation

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Tricia Zunker, Ho-Chunk, speaking with an individual in February 2020. (Campaign via Facebook)
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Possibly many firsts for Tricia Zunker in Wisconsin

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People gather on risers at the Williams, Arizona, rodeo grounds under a “Native Americans for Trump” banner Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Photo by Carina Dominguez, Indian Country Today)
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Native Americans for Donald Trump

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Donald Trump Jr. speaks to the crowd Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at the Williams, Arizona, rodeo grounds. (Photo by Carina Dominguez, Indian Country Today)
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Donald Trump Jr. launches 'Natives for Trump'

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The case for Dinétah as a state

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Grassroots fundraiser with former Vice President Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris in Wilmington, Delaware on August 12, 2020. (Photo by Adam Schultz, Biden for President)
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Biden-Harris campaign announces tribal nations plan

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Vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, and Cindy McCain visit at Heard Museum in Phoenix, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris meet with tribal leaders in Phoenix

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Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks after visiting the This Is the Place Monument, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The monument commemorates the end of the westward journey of Mormon pioneers to Utah as well as early explorers of the West. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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The forgotten history of the ‘undercard’ debate

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Behind the scenes of Native Election Night live on November 6, 2018. (Photo by Eugene Tapahe of Tapahe Photography)
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Reporting the 2020 election

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Shane Morigeau (Photo courtesy of ShaneForMontana.com)
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Shane Morigeau's retail politics. Montana style

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Pictured: Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta Tribe of New Mexico, is running to retain her seat on the Washington Supreme Court.
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Courting an Indigenous world view

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Shoshone leader competes for Utah US House seat

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Rudy Soto shooting campaign content during COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Melanie Folwell)
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Rudy Soto's 'bad' beginning led to politics

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A GOP rally held Monday afternoon in Belgrade, Montana included Vice President Mike Pence and Crow Tribal Chairman Alvin Not Afraid, Jr., among others. (Photo from Mike Pence, Twitter)
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Crow Tribal Chairman endorses Trump campaign

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Violence Against Women Act at 26: 'Fact that it hasn’t been passed by now is deeply troubling'

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The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today)
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The most important thing a president can do

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Yvette Herrell faces tough rematch in swing congressional race

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