Boan served in the South Carolina General Assembly from 1995 to 1997.
He won the Republican primary special election against Lawrence Acker, a Black attorney.
Boan was elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator Theo Mitchell, during an election with concerns expressed about race and representation.
[2] Boan was a board member of American Services, Inc., a company co-founded by his late father.
He retired in 2017 from the family business in the consumer finance industry.