TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Just after 10:00 p.m. Thursday, the Cherokee Nation Election Commission certified a recount of Saturday's election ballots and named Bill John Baker winner. The tally was 7,613 votes for Baker to 7,347 votes for the incumbent, Chief Chad Smith.

 

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