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==Political life==
==Political life==
At the time of his death at the age of fifty-eight as a result of a freak accident, Dr. Boozman<ref name=doctor>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/131201082.html|title=Dr. Fay Boozman (obituary), March 28, 2005|publisher=entrepreneur.com|accessdate=May 11, 2010}}</ref> was the director of the Arkansas Health Department. He had first become involved in politics while working in Huckabee's 1993 [[special election]] campaign for Arkansas lieutenant governor. As health department director, Boozman was the front man for Huckabee's Healthy Arkansas initiatives and earned national attention for his commitment to reducing [[obesity]].<ref name=death>David Hammer, "Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm," ''Rogers Morning Times,'' March 20, 2005.</ref>
At the time of his death at the age of fifty-eight as a result of a freak accident, Dr. Boozman<ref name=doctor>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/131201082.html|title=Dr. Fay Boozman obituary|date=March 28, 2005|publisher=entrepreneur.com|accessdate=May 11, 2010; no longer on-line}}</ref> was the director of the Arkansas Health Department. He had first become involved in politics while working in Mike Huckabee's 1993 [[special election]] campaign for Arkansas lieutenant governor. As health department director, Boozman was the front man for Huckabee's Healthy Arkansas initiatives and earned national attention for his commitment to reducing [[obesity]].<ref name=death>David Hammer, "Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm," ''Rogers Morning Times,'' March 20, 2005.</ref>
From 1995 to 1998, Boozman was a member of the Arkansas State Senate for Benton County in the far northwestern part of the state. He succeeded the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Reid Holliman, a supporter of former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Dale Bumpers]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. In 1998, rather than running for a second term for the state Senate, Boozman was the unsuccessful Republican nominee against Democrat [[Blanche Lincoln]]. The results gave Lincoln 385,878 votes (55.1 percent) to Boozman's 295,870 (42.2 percent).<ref>State of Arkansas. Secretary of State, 1998 general election returns.</ref> In 2010, Boozman's brother, John, defeated Lincoln for the same Senate seat that he had unsuccessfully sought.
From 1995 to 1998, Boozman was a member of the Arkansas State Senate for Benton County in the far northwestern part of the state. He succeeded the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Reid Holliman, a supporter of former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Dale Bumpers]] and [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]]. In 1998, rather than running for a second term for the state Senate, Boozman was the unsuccessful Republican nominee against Democrat [[Blanche Lincoln]]. The results gave Lincoln 385,878 votes (55.1 percent) to Boozman's 295,870 (42.2 percent).<ref>State of Arkansas. Secretary of State, 1998 general election returns.</ref> In 2010, Boozman's brother, John, defeated Lincoln for the same Senate seat that he had unsuccessfully sought.