Joshua Boschee

Joshua Boschee

Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 44th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013- Serving with Blair Thoreson
Preceded by	Don Clark
Personal details
Born	Minot, North Dakota
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Fargo, North Dakota
Alma mater	North Dakota State University

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 Party, he represents the 44th District in the legislature, serving alongside Blair Thoreson in a dual-member district.^[1]

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 2 "ND Elects First Openly Gay State Legislator". Valley News Live, November 7, 2012.
↑ "Election Results: LGBT Races to Watch". The Advocate, November 6, 2012.

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Joshua Boschee

Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

64th Legislative Assembly (2015) Speaker of the House: Wesley Belter (R) Majority Leader: Al Carlson (R) Minority Leader: Corey Mock (D-NPL)

Patrick Hatlestad (R) Gary Sukut (R) David Rust (R) Bob Skarphol (R) Andrew Maragos (R) Roscoe Streyle (R) Glen Froseth (R) Kenton Onstad (D-NPL) Scott Louser (R) Roger Brabrandt (R) Dick Anderson (R) Bob Hunskor (D-NPL) Rick Becker (R) Jason Dockter (R) Jeff Delzer (R) Vernon R. Laning (R) Tracy Boe (D-NPL) Marvin Nelson (D-NPL) Chuck Damschen (R) David Monson (R) Ron Guggisberg (D-NPL) Scot Kelsh (D-NPL) Jessica Haak (D-NPL) Alex Looysen (R) Kim Koppelman (R) Alon Wieland (R) Jon Nelson (R) Robin Weisz (R) Dennis Johnson (R) Ben W. Hanson (D-NPL) Ben Koppelman (R) Mark Owens (R) Mark Sanford (R) Eliot Glassheim (D-NPL) Marie Strinden (D-NPL) Wayne Trottier (R) Gary Paur (R) Richard Holman (D-NPL) Gail Mooney (D-NPL) Kathy Hogan (D-NPL) Steve Zaiser (D-NPL) Wesley Belter (R) Peter F. Silbernagel (R) William Devlin (R) Don Vigesaa (R) Naomi Muscha (D-NPL) Dwight Kiefert (R) John Wall (R) Clark Williams (D-NPL) Bill Amerman (D-NPL) Jerry Kelsh (D-NPL) Randy Boehning (R) Thomas Beadle (R) Michael Don Brandenburg (R) William Kretschmar (R) Craig Headland (R) Chet Pollert (R) Mike Nathe (R) Diane Larson (R) Karen Rohr (R) James Schmidt (R) Mark Dosch (R) Lisa Meier (R) Brenda Heller (R) Gary Kreidt (R) Nathan Toman (R) Todd Porter (R) Karen Karls (R) Bob Martinson (R) Alan Fehr (R) Mike Schatz (R) Nancy Johnson (R) Vicky Steiner (R) Larry Bellew (R) Dan Ruby (R) David Drovdal (R) Keith Kempenich (R) Robert Frantsvog (R) Matthew Klein (R) Al Carlson (R) Bette Grande (R) Kylie Oversen (D-NPL) Corey Mock (D-NPL) Lois Delmore (D-NPL) Curt Kreun (R) Joshua Boschee (D-NPL) Blair Thoreson (R) Joe Heilman (R) Ed Gruchalla (D-NPL) Kathy Hawken (R) James Kasper (R) George Keiser (R) Lawrence Klemin (R)

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