Joshua Boschee

Joshua A. Boschee is an American politician, who was elected to the North Dakota Senate in 2024. He was previously elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in the 2012 state elections. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented the 44th District in the legislature, serving alongside Karla Rose Hanson in a dual-member district.^[1]

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Josh Boschee
Member of the North Dakota Senate from the 44th district
Incumbent
Assumed office December 1, 2024
Preceded by	Merrill Piepkorn
Minority Leader of the North Dakota House of Representatives
In office December 3, 2018 – April 30, 2023
Preceded by	Corey Mock
Succeeded by	Zac Ista
Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 44th district
In office December 1, 2012 – December 1, 2024
Preceded by	Don Clark
Succeeded by	Austin Foss
Personal details
Born	(1982-05-24) May 24, 1982 (age 43) Minot, North Dakota, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	North Dakota State University (BA, MEd)
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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.

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Party political offices
Preceded by April Fairfield	Democratic nominee for North Dakota Secretary of State 2018	Succeeded by Jeffrey Powell
North Dakota House of Representatives
Preceded by Corey Mock	Minority Leader of the North Dakota House of Representatives 2018–2023	Succeeded by Zac Ista

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