Political Activities Prior To 2006
Scott Boman has run for several public offices, and has been elected to leadership positions in a few organizations:
- In 1984 Boman was the founding President of a student social organization at Western Michigan University called "Fellowship of the Purple Cube". The organization also organized a protest in support of students who wished to hold an outlawed street party. Boman also wrote for the Western Herald on this issue and other topics.
- In 1994 Boman ran for 7th District State Representative to the Michigan Legislature. In the same year Boman (along with Emily Salvette and Barb Vozenilek) headed a successful effort to collect 40,700 signatures to restore the Libertarian Party of Michigan's ballot access.
- In 1996 Boman ran for the United States House of Representatives 14th District. He received 1,705 votes for 0.9% of the vote.
- In 1997 Boman became the second Libertarian to be endorsed by The Detroit News, when he ran for member of the Detroit City Council.
- In 1998 he ran for the Wayne State University Board of Governors. Boman received 2.6% of the vote.
- In 1999 Boman was elected to the Wayne State University Student Council.
- He ran again for the Wayne State University Board of Governors in 2000, earning more votes than any other minor party candidate, in that election, for any office. His vote total was 130,176 (1.86%). This was 46,000 votes more than those cast for the well-known Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, whose vote total was 84,165 votes (but since less votes were cast for president Nader had a higher percentage of the vote).
- In 2002, Boman ran for the State Board of Education receiving 1.57% of the vote.
- In 2004 the perennial candidate made another run for the State Board of Education
- In 2005 he was Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Michigan.
- In 2006 Boman was elected to be Chair of the Libertarian Party of Michigan.
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