Boggs was a Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress in 2002, running against Shelley Berkley in Nevada's First Congressional District. She lost, had she won she would have been the only Republican African-American female in the House. She was featured in a Washington Post opinion piece by national columnist George Will: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/2002/05/12/in-vegas-politics-all-bets-are-off/db988fc5-74fd-4740-b85e-ec0cb7661bba/ Among those who hosted fundraisers and/or meet-and-greets on her behalf included President George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, Ambassador Alan Keyes, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch and U.S. Congressman John Boehner.