Elected Native American Republicans
AK
State Senator Lyman Hoffman**
Tribe: Yup'ik
Former State Representative Charisse Millett
Tribe: Inupiaq
AZ
former State Senator Carlyle Begay
Tribe: Navajo
AR
former State Representative Donna Hutchinson
Tribe: Blackfoot
CO
former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Tribe: Northern Cheyenne
HI
Former State Representative Andria Tupola
Member, Honolulu City Council
Tribe: Native Hawaiian
MN
State Senator Steve Green
Tribe: White Earth Ojibwe
MS
Carolyn Crawford
Tribe: Saginaw Chippewa
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
State Representative John Block
Tribe: unknown
OK
U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin
Tribe: Cherokee Nation
U.S. Representative Tom Cole
Tribe: Chickasaw Nation
State Representative Scott Fetgatter
Tribe: Choctaw
State Representative Avery Frix
Tribe: Choctaw
Former State Representative David Holt
Mayor of Oklahoma City
Tribe: Osage
Former State Representative Mark McBride
Tribe: Potawatomi
Former State Representative/Speaker of the House T.W. Shannon
Tribe: Chickasaw
State Representative Bryan Terry
Tribe: Choctaw
SD
State Senator Tamara Grove
Tribe: Lakota Sioux
Former State Representative Steve Livermont
Tribe: Oglala Lakota Tribe
Former State Senator Eldon Nygaard
Tribe: Choctaw Nation
State Representative Tamara St. John
Tribe: Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux
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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