page_title: Scott Boman
section_title: Gary Johnson Campaign Directorship
hierarchical_section_title: Scott Boman / 2016 Election Cycle / Gary Johnson Campaign Directorship
caption_attribution_description: English: Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld (Right) and Michigan Johnson-Weld campaign director Scotty Boman (Left).
context_page_description: Scott Avery "Scotty" Boman is a Libertarian politician from Michigan. He has consistently earned among the top votes of any third-party candidate in every Michigan every election since 2000. He was chair of the Libertarian Party of Michigan in 2006.
  Described by MIRS as a Libertarian Party standard-bearer, he has been a candidate in every state-wide partisan election since 1994.
  He 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. 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 2019 he created a Community Advisory Council for Detroit
  He is currently the Michigan Director of Our America Initiative, and served as Michigan Director of Gary Johnson's 2016 presidential campaign.
context_section_description: Scotty Boman was Michigan Director of Gary Johnson's Presidential campaign, and served as his surrogate at a candidate forum. Johnson's vote total met a threshold in Michigan election law that qualified the Libertarian Party to have the same ballot access as major parties.  This includes participation in primary elections which have previously only included Republicans and Democrats.
  According to Boman the campaign relied largely on home-based volunteer phone banks and door-to-door canvassers. He claimed to be recruiting these volunteers from a database of approximately 3,000 contacts.  According to the Detroit News, Boman believed Johnson and his running mate, Bill Weld, were more credible then previous Libertarian candidates. He cited their experience as Governors saying, "They've both been vetted by their own experience." The Detroit News, later broke with 143 years of tradition by endorsing the Johnson-Weld Presidential ticket, instead of the Republican nominee.
caption: Gary Johnson's 2016 running mate, Governor Bill Weld (Right) and Michigan Johnson-Weld campaign director Scotty Boman (Left).
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