Eric Descheenie Explained

Eric Descheenie
State House:	Arizona
District:	7th
Term Start:	January 9, 2017
Term End:	January 14, 2019
Predecessor:	Albert Hale
Successor:	Myron Tsosie
Nationality:	American
Party:	Democratic
Residence:	Chinle, Arizona
Alma Mater:	Arizona State University

Eric Descheenie is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 7 in 2016, retiring in 2019. He is currently the Director of Tribal Government Relations for the Navajo County Board of Supervisors. He has also served as a Tribal Liaison to the Arizona Department of Housing and the Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity.

Elections

• 2016 – Descheenie and Wenona Benally were unopposed in the Democratic Primary and the general election.^[1]
• 2014 – Descheenie lost the District 7 senate Democratic primary to incumbent Carlyle Begay.^[2] Begay would later switch to the Republican Party in 2015.

External links

• Biography at Ballotpedia
• Vote Smart

Notes and References

1. Web site: State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016 . Secretary of State of Arizona . Phoenix, Arizona . 15 . December 9, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220203745/https://www.azsos.gov/sites/azsos.gov/files/2016_1205_official_final_signed_state_canvass_for_2016_gen.pdf . December 20, 2016 . dead.
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-12-10 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150122003247/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2014/primary/FullListing.htm . 2015-01-22 .