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Tuesday, August 22, 2006 NAT: Coffey Re-elected As Head of Comanche Nation
Fifty-two votes proved to be the margin of victory as Wallace Coffey has been reelected as chairman of the Comanche Nation.
Coffey received 1,188 votes-just over 51-percent of the total-to challenger Michael Burgess’ 1,136 votes-a tad under 49-percent-the tribe’s elections office reports. Burgess is the Comanche’s current tribal administrator.
In the race for vice-chairman of the tribe the margin was even tighter as incumbent Darrell Bread garnered 1,175 votes- 50.87%-to Willie Nelson’s 1,135 votes. Only 40 votes separated the two.
Coffey’s victory is a turnaround for a man that initially appeared not to even advance in the first rounds of the Comanche’s political process. In May, Comanche officials reported that Coffey failed to qualify for a run-off in an eight-person contest, leaving the top two vote getters, Burgess and former tribal chairman Johnny Wauqua, positioned to face each other. The scenario changed when it was discovered a “mathematical miscalculation” during the vote tallying process necessitated the need for a new election. The problem stemmed from ballots cast for Burgess in Lawton, apparently skewing the entire race.
Posted at 8/22/2006 09:38:00 AM
 
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