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Bowen had been the Republican mayoral nominee in 1968, the last in Lafayette under the commission form of government. He lost the [[general election]] to Democratic [[incumbent]] J. Rayburn "Ray" Bertrand (October 1, 1918 - March 6, 2005). Bowen had been a delegate to the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], where he cast his ballot for the party's nominee, then Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].
Bowen had been the Republican mayoral nominee in 1968, the last in Lafayette under the commission form of government. He lost the [[general election]] to Democratic [[incumbent]] J. Rayburn "Ray" Bertrand (October 1, 1918 - March 6, 2005). Bowen had been a delegate to the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]], where he cast his ballot for the party's nominee, then Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].
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.
==Death 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. Before his death, Bowen fought liver [[cancer]]. A longtime friend Stanley Brosky told ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' that the illness made Bowen more spiritual... and ready for the end. . . . People would be surprised in the end how spiritual he had become and what an inspiration he was."
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. Before his death, Bowen fought liver [[cancer]]. A longtime friend Stanley Brosky told ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser'' that the illness made Bowen more spiritual... and ready for the end. . . . People would be surprised in the end how spiritual he had become and what an inspiration he was."