Gertrude Lee

Gertrude Lee is a Diné lawyer and politician who was appointed chief prosecutor of the Navajo Nation in 2016. By 2020, she was a senior trial attorney for the San Juan County district attorney's office.

Early life and education Lee was born and raised in Kirtland, New Mexico and is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She graduated from Kirtland Central High School in 2002. Lee announced her candidacy for the New Mexico Court of Appeals during the 2020 elections, running as a Republican.

Electoral history Judge Shammara Henderson ran for a term ending in 2024 after being appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on February 14, 2020.

Incumbent Judge Katherine Anne Wray was appointed on September 23, 2021, to a vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Briana Zamora to the Supreme Court. Judge Wray ran for reelection to a full 8-year term.