Background
She was born and raised in New Hanover County and attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington before going on to North Carolina Central University in 1992 for a law degree.
She was born and raised in New Hanover County and attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington before going on to North Carolina Central University in 1992 for a law degree.
She represented the state"s ninth Senate district, covering all of New Hanover County, from January 2005 to January 2011. She has been a practicing attorney ever since. Boseman was elected to the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners in 2000.
In 2004, she ran for the North Carolina Senate and beat Republican incumbent Senator.
Woody White by a margin of only 885 votes, 50.55% to 49.45%. White had been appointed six months earlier to finish the term of Senator.
Patrick Ballantine who had resigned from the senate in order to make an unsuccessful run for Governor. In her first Senate term (2005-2006), Julia Boseman was ranked the 20th most effective senator (of 50), giving her the highest ranking ever for a first-term female senator and the second highest ever for a freshman.
The ratings were published by the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research (NCCPPR), which has published biennial surveys ranking the effectiveness of legislators based on the opinions of lobbyists, reporters and legislators themselves since 1978.
Her 2008 re-election was closer, with Boseman taking 51.7% of the vote and winning by a margin of about 3,000. In the 2008 presidential primaries, Boseman was an active supporter of Hillary Clinton. In January 2009, Bill Clinton returned the favor, hosting a fundraising reception for Boseman in Raleigh.
Boseman announced in 2009 that she would not seek re-election to a fourth term in 2010.
Her senate term ended in January 2011 and she was succeeded by Republican Thom Goolsby.
