Given the question: Facts: - residence: asheville , north carolina - party: democratic party - spouse: married once - office: member of the asheville , north carolina city council - birth date: 1950 - term start: december 8 , 2009 - name: cecil bothwell - nationality: american - image: cecil bothwell by steve mann.jpg - birth place: oak park , illinois - religion: a church post-theist or agnostic member of the unitarian universalist - occupation: writer , builder Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cecil bothwell .
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cecil bothwell -lrb- born 1950 -rrb- is an american politician , writer and builder .bothwell was elected to the asheville , north carolina city council in 2009 .in 2011 , bothwell announced he would challenge u.s. representative heath shuler in the democratic primary for north carolina 's 11th congressional district in the 2012 u.s. house of representatives election .on may 8 , 2012 , he lost the democratic primary to hayden rogers by a margin of 55-30 % .