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Eastern Kentucky University.
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David Boswell
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He was the 2008 Democratic nominee for United States. Representative for Kentucky"s 2nd Congressional District, and lost to Republican nominee Brett Guthrie. The congressional seat became open because of the retirement of Republican Ron Lewis. Boswell"s 2008 campaign was endorsed by Democrats for Life of America. although the National Right to Life Committee (generally considered the flagship right-to-life organization in the United States) endorsed his opponent, Guthrie.
While Boswell kept the race close by winning the more urbanized counties in this mostly rural district, he could not overcome the presence of John McCain and Mitch McConnell atop the ticket.
McConnell also carried the 2nd easily. Boswell lost his 2010 bid for State Senate re-election to Republican businessman Joe Bowen, the owner of Bowen Tire Company in Owensboro.
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Earlier he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1978 through 1983.
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