The Navajo Nation presidential election of 2010 was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Ben Shelly won the election. The general election was held between New Mexico State Senator Lynda Lovejoy and outgoing Navajo Nation Vice President Ben Shelly. Ben Shelly became the first Vice President of the Navajo Nation to be elected president. Had she been elected, Lynda Lovejoy would have become the first female president of the Navajo Nation.