Elected Native American Republicans

AK

State Senator Lyman Hoffman**
Tribe: Yup'ik

Former State Representative Charisse Millett
Tribe: Inupiaq

AZ

former State Senator Carlycle Begay
Tribe: Navajo

AR

former State Representative Donna Hutchinson
Tribe: Blackfoot

CO

former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Tribe: Northern Cheyenne

HI

Andria Tupola
Member, Honolulu City Council; Former State Representative
Tribe: Native Hawaiian

MN

State Representative Steve Green
White Earth Ojibwe

MT

State Senator Jason Small
Tribe: Northern Cheyenne

NE

State Representative Tom Brewer
Tribe: Oglala

NM

former U.S. Representative Yvette Herrell
Tribe: Cherokee Nation

Former State Representative Sharon Clahchischilliage
Tribe: Navajo Nation

OK

U.S. Representative Tom Cole
Tribe: Chickasaw Nation

U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin
Tribe: Cherokee Nation

State Representative Scott Fetgatter
Tribe: Choctaw

State Representative Avery Frix
Tribe: Choctaw

Mayor David Holt
Mayor of Oklahoma City; former State Representative
Tribe: Osage

State Representative Mark McBride
Tribe: Potawatomi

Former State Representative/Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon
Tribe: Chickasaw

WA

State Representative Dino Rossi
Tribe: Tlingit

Former State Representative Jay Rodne
Tribe: Bad River

WY

State Senator Affie Ellis
Tribe: Navajo Nation

**Senator Hoffman is a Democrat but caucuses with the Republicans in the Alaska State Senate.

Note: Alaska, Oklahoma, New Mexico, South Dakota, Arizona and Montana have the highest percentages of Native Americans eligible to vote, according to the National Congress of American Indians. Indian Country is diverse, made up of more than 570 federally recognized tribes, state-recognized tribes and others.

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