Scott Boman
Scott Avery "Scotty" Boman (born April 14, 1962) is a Libertarian politician from Michigan. He has been one of Michigan’s top third-party vote-getters in every election since 2000, and his name is considered to be a household word. He was chair of the Libertarian Party of Michigan in 2006. Described by MIRS as a Libertarian Party standard-bearer, [note 1] he has been a candidate in every state-wide partisan election since 1994. While his birth name is “Scott” he has gone by “Scotty” on his literature and in ballot listings. He became the second Libertarian to be endorsed by The Detroit News when he competed in the 1997 Detroit City Council General Election. He was also 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. Boman moved the Libertarian Party of Michigan from fifth to third place on the 2012 and 2014 General Election ballots, by placing third in the 2010 General Election when he ran for Secretary of State. In the 2012 election cycle he received interviews and mention by regional, national and international media in the course of running for United States Senate. His statewide polling results positioned him for possible inclusion in televised debates which had not had minor party candidates in them since 1994. He is currently the State Director from Michigan for Our America Initiative.