Blair YankeyWestern Herald Intern

Libertarian candidate Scotty Boman will make his second run for lieutenant governor alongside running mate gubernatorial candidate Mary Buzuma in the Nov. 4 election.

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Boman is a Detroit native and a Western Michigan University alumnus. He earned his bachelors degree with a double major in physics and philosophy and a minor in mathematics in 1985, followed by a masters degree in atomic physics in 1987.

In 2006, he was gubernatorial candidate Gregory Creswells running mate in the gubernatorial election.He has been a candidate in every statewide partisan election since 1994 when he ran for State Representative in the seventh district.

Boman currently serves as a physics and math instructor at Wayne County Community College and an astronomy and physics instructor at Macomb Community College. He also substitute teaches in a few suburban districts in the Detroit area.

Below, Boman answers questions on topics regarding his qualifications, his plans to keep college graduates in Michigan and the importance of voting among young college students.

Q: What qualities do you believe you have to be lieutenant governor?

A: A passion for individual liberty and an understanding of what that means. I recognize that there is a great abyss between the government Michiganders have and the one [Mary Buzuma and I] would like to see. So I am willing to work with people who dont share our political belief in areas that can move us in the direction of a smaller, less intrusive, government.

I also have some administrative experience on a much smaller scale as former chair of the Libertarian Party of Michigan and as vice chair. I have also served on my student council when I attended graduate school at Wayne State University. These are small scale examples and we would appoint people who were experts in state government to whom we could delegate tasks.

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Libertarian candidate to make second run in the November election