A Republican candidate for an important elections job in Arizona was arrested for allegedly assaulting two Native Americans in a road rage incident. Timothy Jordan, who is one of the leaders of a gang of Trumpers seeking to take over the county, was earlier involved in incidents during early voting on an Apache reservation.
In addition to the assault charge, Jordan was being investigated for having a gun on school property. Navajo County is the size of Vermont, a 50-mile-wide strip of land stretching from the Utah state line to the Black River in central Arizona. The northern and southern portion of the county are part of the Navajo, Hopi and Apache reservations, with a section in the middle home to non-Natives, some of whom are rednecks.
The Show Low police said no documents on the situation could be made available until Monday morning.
Jordan is challenging Democrat Mike Sample for the job of County Recorder. The job of running elections has often fallen to the Recorder in Arizona. As the keeper of property ownership lists, the Recorder was a likely person to make up voting lists in the old days. They have kept the job despite the elimination of property ownership as a qualification to voting.
With Apache County and Coconino County, Navajo County is home to the Natives who gave Biden victory in Arizona in 2020. Republicans are working hard to keep Natives from voting.
Jonathan Nez, former president of the Navajo Nation, is running for the U.S. House in District 2, which includes many of Arizona’s Natives.
Some MAGA loyalists will continue to support Jordan, but other Republicans see him as an embarrassing violent idiot with no qualifications for the job.
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