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][full citation needed]
Josh Boschee | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Fargo | |
Elect | |
| Assuming office TBD 2026 | |
| Succeeding | Tim Mahoney |
| Member of the North Dakota Senate from the 44th district | |
| 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 | May 24, 1982 Minot, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | North Dakota State University (BA, MEd) |
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][full citation needed]
Originally from Minot, Boschee currently resides in Fargo, and was an employee of Minnesota State University Moorhead at the time of his election.
Boschee declared his candidacy in the 2026 election for Mayor of Fargo.[3] He was elected mayor on June 9, 2026, defeating five other candidates. Boschee received 46.7% of the vote, nearly twenty points ahead of the Michelle Turnberg, who received the second-highest number of votes. [4][full citation needed][5][full citation needed][6][full citation needed] He is slated to be the first full-time mayor of the city.[7]
References
edit- 1 2 "ND Elects First Openly Gay State Legislator" Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine. Valley News Live, November 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Election Results: LGBT Races to Watch". The Advocate, November 6, 2012.
- ↑ Achterling, Michael (January 6, 2026). "State Sen. Josh Boschee launches campaign for Fargo mayor". North Dakota Monitor. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- ↑ Fargo bets on Boschee: State senator elected mayor
- ↑ Fargo, ND Mayor election results
- ↑ Josh Boschee wins Fargo mayoral race
- ↑ Ratanpal, Harshawn (June 10, 2026). "North Dakota Sen. Josh Boschee elected mayor of Fargo". Minnesota Public Radio News. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
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