85 Facts About Scott Boman

Scott Avery Boman was born on April 14,1962 and is an American Libertarian politician from Michigan.

Scott Boman has consistently earned among the top votes of any third-party candidate in every Michigan election from 2000 through 2018.

Scott Boman was chair of the Libertarian Party of Michigan in 2006.

Scott Boman became the second Libertarian to be endorsed by The Detroit News when he competed in the 1997 Detroit City Council general election on the non-partisan ballot.

Scott Boman was the only Lieutenant Governor candidate to support the successful Michigan Civil Rights Initiative as the running mate of Gregory Creswell in the 2006 Michigan gubernatorial election.

Scott Boman was the Michigan Director of Our America Initiative from 2015 through 2019, and served as Michigan Director of Gary Johnson's 2016 presidential campaign.

Scott Boman currently serves on the Community Advisory Council of Detroit's District 4 after being re-elected to it in 2022, and has been on the Detroit Board of Zoning appeals, since February 2024, as its first at-large appointee.

Scott Boman's father was United Methodist minister Ray Howard Boman.

Scott Boman went to grade school at the Detroit Waldorf School, and graduated from Grosse Pointe South High School in 1980.

Scott Boman earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Philosophy from Western Michigan University in 1985.

Scott Boman returned to Western Michigan University where he earned his Master of Arts in Physics, and participated in scholarly atomic physics research.

Scott Boman's work was published in Physical Review A In 1999 he earned an MAT in Secondary Education at Wayne State University.

Scott Boman has run for several public offices, and has been elected to leadership positions in a few organizations:.

Scott Boman was the founding President of a student social organization at Western Michigan University called "Fellowship of the Purple Cube" in 1984.

Scott Boman wrote for the Western Herald on this issue and other topics.

Scott Boman began running for public office in 1994 when he ran for 7 District State Representative to the Michigan Legislature.

In 1997 Scott Boman became the second Libertarian to be endorsed by The Detroit News, when he ran for member of the Detroit City Council.

Scott Boman made two unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the Wayne State University Board of Governors.

In 1999 Scott Boman was elected to the Wayne State University Student Council.

Scott Boman made two unsuccessful attempts to be elected to the State Board of Education.

Scott Boman was endorsed by the "Stonewall Libertarians" for openly supporting equal rights for gays.

Scott Boman argued that a respect for civil liberties would eliminate the need for replacing Michigan's single-business tax.

Scott Boman's alternative was to save money by pardoning people in prison for what he called "victimless crimes", and an end to state enforcement of drug prohibitions.

Scott Boman focused on medical marijuana as one example of civil liberties worthy of being respected.

Scott Boman was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, but choose not to renew his membership in 2006 because of the ACLU opposition to MCRI.

In general Scott Boman objected to all taxes, but conceded the need to phase them out carefully.

In January, 2008, Scott Boman became a member of the Republican Party.

Scott Boman was interviewed by Detroit's major daily newspaper, The Detroit News about his support of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, and cites the Paul candidacy as a reason for becoming a Republican.

Scott Boman encouraged voters to choose Ron Paul in his opinion column, and has served as an assistant meetup organizer for the Wayne County Ron Paul Meetup Group.

Scott Boman was elected precinct delegate in 2010 and 2012.

Scott Boman entered the 2012 United States Senate race as a Republican.

Scott Boman's attempt was made under the Libertarian Party of Michigan ticket after winning a contested nomination at their convention over, their 2006 United States Senate nominee, Leonard Schwartz.

Scott Boman participated in multipartisan efforts including the formation of the Michigan Third Parties Coalition, and reminded reporters of this at an appearance in Jackson Michigan.

Scott Boman joined every Michigan Libertarian candidate for the United States House of Representatives, in publicly expressing disapproval of any federal bailout plan.

In 2010 Scott Boman received the Libertarian Party of Michigan's nomination for Michigan Secretary of State.

Scott Boman lost the election to Ruth Johnson and placed third with 58,044 votes.

Scott Boman opposed the driver responsibility fee, taxpayer-funded primaries, and a state Constitutional Convention.

Scott Boman supported no-reason absentee voting, with added security measures.

Scott Boman was the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate in 2012.

Scott Boman placed third with 84,480 votes; the most votes earned by a third-party United States Senate candidate from Michigan since Libertarian Jon Coon ran for that office in 1994.

Scott Boman was included in two statewide scientific polls in the post-primary season.

Between the formation of his exploratory committee and the general election, Scott Boman spoke at several events hosted by tea party groups, and he addressed the tea party directly on his webpage.

Scott Boman announced his campaign to seek the Republican nomination for United States Senate on Friday, September 9,2011, in a press release.

Scott Boman thereby joined a Republican Primary contest in which most of the attention had gone to Cornerstone School founder Clark Durant and former US Rep.

Scott Boman switched party affiliation twice during has campaign, and drew headlines when he dropped out of the Republican Primary and put his support behind Cornerstone School founder Clark Durant.

Scott Boman later faced Durant at a Tea Party debate in Romeo Michigan as a Libertarian hopeful, saying he would vote for Durant in the Republican Primary, but would oppose the Republican nominee in the general election.

Scott Boman was nominated to be the United States Senate candidate of Libertarian Party of Michigan at their state convention in Livonia, MI on June 2,2012.

Scott Boman beat out Libertarian activist and continuous party member Erwin Haas, who had built a campaign based around fighting "Party Jumping" and the possibility of the Libertarian Party becoming a dumping ground for Republicans unable to get on the ballot.

Scott Boman was cosponsor of an unsuccessful effort to recall United States Senator Carl Levin of Michigan.

In interviews, Scott Boman said the recall effort was partially intended to raise public awareness about indefinite detentions; which he had been speaking out against since the bill was passed by Congress.

Scott Boman was elected to the MorningSide community board in 2013.

Scott Boman was still on the board as an At-Large Member as of November 2016.

Scott Boman was featured in a WYPR podcast about MorningSide and produced one for National Public Radio.

Scott Boman was a professor at Wayne County Community College District, and was in an area that was open to the general public at the time.

Scott Boman believed he was being held for that long to intimidate him from participating in a candidate forum, and said injuries from handcuffs caused him to lose feeling in his hand.

On March 11,2015,36 District Court Judge Roberta Archer convicted Scott Boman of trespassing in connection with the incident.

Scott Boman appealed the verdict claiming that the prosecution's chief witness, Olivia Moss-Fort, was shown to lie under oath, and that the charge against him didn't match his alleged actions.

Scott Boman initiated a civil suit while awaiting the appellate ruling.

Scott Boman has stated his intent to continue to pursue a civil action.

Scotty Boman was the 2014 Libertarian Party of Michigan nominee for Lieutenant Governor.

Scott Boman was the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Mary Buzuma.

Scotty Boman was Michigan Director of Gary Johnson's presidential campaign, and served as his surrogate at a candidate forum.

Scott Boman claimed to be recruiting these volunteers from a database of approximately 3,000 contacts.

Scotty Boman made his third run for Board of Education and finished with the second highest vote total for a Statewide minor party candidate.

Scott Boman ran on a platform of diversifying curriculum, parental school choice, and ending gun-free school zones for "legally qualified" gun-owners.

Scott Boman ran again for Michigan Board of Education in 2018 and participated in the bipartisan televised debate for that office.

Scott Boman was an unsuccessful candidate for the Fourth District seat on the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners.

In interviews Scott Boman had emphasized his status as a civilian to contrast himself from the incumbent who is a veteran of the Detroit Police Department.

Scott Boman made a second unsuccessful attempt to be elected to the Board of Police Commissioners in 2021.

Scott Boman ran on a reformist platform advocating more limits on surveillance, use of force, and more accountability by abusive police officers.

Scott Boman commented on the possible effects of the Detroit Charter revision on the Board of Police Commissioners, and participated in a press conference where he criticized commissioners for not suspending a police officer who had been recorded on surveillance video hitting an emergency room patient.

Scott Boman spoke on behalf of DRACO again, in January 2020, when Jones requested a new trial, asserting that the appeals were a ploy to keep his pension.

In January 2022 Scott Boman organized a DRACO news conference as Jones had a pre-trial hearing, ahead of his second trial.

Scott Boman said the Detroit Police Department needs to negotiate a contract that allows the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners to deny promotions to officers, and characterized Jones' promotion as an injustice to assault victim, Sheldy Smith.

Scott Boman made public statements against the technology at Detroit Board of Police Commissioner meetings, and DRACO organized a protest on July 11,2019, at which protesters wore masks and one police commissioner was arrested while speaking against the technology.

In 2023 Scott Boman criticized the Board of Police Commissioners, extensively, on behalf of DRACO.

Scott Boman said poor security by contractors would make private communications accessible to unauthorized people.

In 2019 Scott Boman Petitioned successfully to create a Community Advisory Council in Detroit's Fourth municipal district.

Scott Boman has condemned District 4 Police Commissioner Willie Bell for muting District 5 Commissioner Willie Burton during teleconferenced meetings.

In 2022 Scott Boman ran in a special election to fill a vacancy on the Community Advisory Council.

Scott Boman was re-elected to the office with 12,818 votes.

For five years Scott Boman was a regular panelist on the 910 AM Superstation's Robert Ficano Show.

Scott Boman used the radio show as a platform to advocate libertarian views on issues concerning Metro Detroit.

Scott Boman objected to this action but had previously posted some of the episodes on YouTube.

Scott Boman said criminals would not respect the law and that the proposal violated basic rights.