Bryan Warner

Warner graduated from Northeastern State University in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in organismic biology. He later earned a master's degree from East Central University and taught science courses at Carl Albert State College.[1]

Warner ran for the Cherokee Nation tribal council district 6 in 2015 in a four candidate race against: Ron Goff, Natalie Fullbright, and B. Keith McCoy. Incumbent Janelle Fullbright was term limited.[2] Warner advanced to a runoff alongside Natalie Fullbright after placing second in the June 27 election.[3] Warner won the runoff with 54% of the vote and was sworn on August 14, 2015.[4][5] In 2017, he was appointed to a two-year term on the Center for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Tribal Advisory Committee.[6]

In 2019, Warner ran for deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation. Robin Mayes challenged Warner's candidacy, but the challenge was dismissed by the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court.[7] He faced Meredith Frailey in the general election.[8] He won with 58.88% of the vote.[9] The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the Warner's election alleging he violated election law because the Election Commission had found prior complaints without merit.[10] He was sworn on August 14, 2019.[11] In 2021, he was again appointed to another two-year term on the Center for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Tribal Advisory Committee.[12] He ran for re-election in the 2023 Cherokee Nation deputy chief election and won re-election.[13][14] Since his re-election, he is term-limited from running for deputy chief again until 2031.[15]