The McKinley County Commission has recommended its own chairman, Billy Moore, to replace Leonard Tsosie in the state Senate, the Associated Press is reporting.
Commissioners voted unanimously to nominate the Democrat to replace Tsosie, who resigned earlier this week to become a Navajo Nation Council delegate.
Senate District 22 represents parts of five counties, so four must still recommend names before Gov. Bill Richardson can choose from among them.
Three others expressed interest in the position, the news service reported: former state Public Regulation Commissioner Lynda Lovejoy, Tsosie’s brother Lester Tsosie, and Joshua Madalena of the Jemez Pueblo, who is the brother of state Rep. Roger Magdalena.