** FILE ** Chief Phillip Martin speaks during the grand opening of the Hard Rock Cafe and Beach Club at the tribe's Pearl River Resort, Philadelphia, Miss.,in this June 6, 2003 file photo. The nearly 30-year chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians was trailing his challenger on Wednesday July 4, 2007 as election officials gathered to count absentee ballots. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis, File)