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Joshua Boschee

Joshua Boschee

American politician

Joshua Boschee is an American politician, who was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in the 2012 state elections. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represents the 44th District in the legislature, serving alongside Karla Rose Hanson in a dual-member district.[1]

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He is the first openly gay candidate ever elected to the state legislature in North Dakota.[1] His campaign was opposed by a series of attack ads alleging that he was promoting a "gay agenda," which were revealed to have been funded by Virginia politician and anti-LGBT activist Eugene Delgaudio through his group Public Advocate of the United States.[2]

Originally from Minot, Boschee currently resides in Fargo, and was an employee of Minnesota State University Moorhead at the time of his election.

References

  1. [1]
    "ND Elects First Openly Gay State Legislator" Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine. Valley News Live, November 7, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Election Results: LGBT Races to Watch". The Advocate, November 6, 2012.
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