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- ↑ Murphy, Jami (March 6, 2015). "36 candidates file for general election". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Boston, Stacie (June 29, 2015). "UPDATE: Fullbright, Warner in Dist. 6 runoff". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Boston, Stacie (July 27, 2015). "UPDATE: Warner wins Dist. 6 seat". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Murphy, Jami (August 14, 2015). "Tribe's 2015-19 elected officials sworn into office". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "Warner to sit on CDC advisory committee". Cherokee Phoenix . August 1, 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Hunter, Chad (March 11, 2019). "Supreme Court OKs 3 candidates, tosses Brown-Fleming". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Hunter, Chad (March 22, 2019). "Final Cherokee Nation candidates list confirmed". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Hunter, Chad (June 2, 2019). "UPDATED: Warner prevails in deputy chief race". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Rowley, D. Sean (June 19, 2019). "UPDATE: Cherokee Nation Supreme Court dismisses Lay, Frailey election appeals". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Hunter, Chad; Rowley, D. Sean (August 15, 2019). "Hoskin, Warner, 8 councilors sworn in at inauguration ceremony". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "Deputy Chief Warner named Tribal Advisory Committee chairman". Cherokee Phoenix . August 16, 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ↑ "UPDATE: Cherokee Phoenix deputy chief, principal chief debates to be hosted at Sequoyah High School". Cherokee Phoenix . February 20, 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- 1 2 Rowley, D. Sean (June 4, 2023). "Warner re-elected as CN deputy chief". Cherokee Phoenix . Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ↑ Crumbacher, Katrina (June 4, 2023). "Chuck Hoskin Jr., Bryan Warner reelected as Cherokee Nation principal chief, deputy chief". NonDoc. Retrieved 5 June 2023.