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Ironically, Bowen was defeated in April 1980 by a [[conservative]] Republican, Dud Lastrapes. In that election, Bowen barely polled a fourth of the ballots cast. A Lafayette [[insurance]] agent, Lastrapes would serve three consecutive four-year terms through 1992. Lastrapes also defeated Bowen in 1988.
Ironically, Bowen was defeated in April 1980 by a [[conservative]] Republican, Dud Lastrapes. In that election, Bowen barely polled a fourth of the ballots cast. A Lafayette [[insurance]] agent, Lastrapes would serve three consecutive four-year terms through 1992. Lastrapes also defeated Bowen in 1988.
==Bowen's obituary and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Bowen did not run for the mayor-presidency in the elections held in the fall of 1995, which corresponded with the statewide officers, but the new post went to his fellow Democrat, Walter Comeaux.
Bowen did not run for the mayor-presidency in the elections held in the fall of 1995, which corresponded with the statewide officers, but the new post went to his fellow Democrat, Walter Comeaux.
Services were held on May 4, 2002, at the [[Episcopal Church]] of the Ascension Columbarium on Johnston Street in Lafayette, with the Reverend Russell J. Levenson, Jr., the church rector, officiating.
Services were held on May 4, 2002, at the [[Episcopal Church]] of the Ascension Columbarium on Johnston Street in Lafayette, with the Reverend Russell J. Levenson, Jr., the church rector, officiating.
At the funeral, his son Kris Bowen recalled his father as "an agent of change" for the city that he loved. "The proof of his efforts -- like the Camellia Boulevard bridge project, the Cajundome (completed in 1985 under Lastrapes), and the Convention Center -- are visible throughout Lafayette. History will treat him well, not for the bricks and mortar he laid, but the lives he changed along the way."
Four months prior to his death, Bowen was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
Four months prior to his death, Bowen was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
==References==
==References==
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