Joshua Boschee
American politician in North Dakota
Joshua A. Boschee is an American politician who is currently the mayor of Fargo, North Dakota. He previously served in the North Dakota Senate from 2024 to 2026 and the North Dakota House of Representatives from 2012 to 2024. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented the 44th District in the legislature. While in the House he served alongside Karla Rose Hanson in a dual-member district.
He is the first openly gay candidate ever elected to the state legislature in North Dakota. His campaign was opposed by a series of attack ads alleging that he was promoting a "gay agenda," which were revealed to have been funded by Virginia politician and anti-LGBT activist Eugene Delgaudio through his group Public Advocate of the United States.
Originally from Minot, Boschee currently resides in Fargo, and was an employee of Minnesota State University Moorhead at the time of his election.
Boschee declared his candidacy for Mayor of Fargo in January 2026. He was elected mayor on June 9, 2026, defeating five other candidates. Boschee received 46.7% of the vote, nearly twenty points ahead of the Michelle Turnberg, who received the second-highest number of votes.
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