Two years after that ticket lost, Boucher became the Democratic-NPL nominee for North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, losing in the 2010 election to incumbent Doug Goehring.
Boucher is from Rolette County, North Dakota and attended high school there.
He then transferred to Mayville State University, where he graduated with a teaching degree in 1970.
He holds his family's original Homestead Act claim among other land.
He has coached the Rolette American Legion baseball team in past years.