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 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 M. Goldwater
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Kenny Bowen