John Bowman, St. Louis County NAACP president, spoke of the importance of “second chances” while announcing his candidacy for the 14th District state Senate seat this week.

He included himself as second-chance worthy.

In 2008, Bowman resigned as a Missouri state representative after pleading guilty in federal court to a charge related to a credit card application.

He was indicted in 2007 for bank fraud and unauthorized use of an access device for allegedly lying on a credit application and paying a Bank of America vice president for assistance in obtaining a credit card.

Bowman agreed to plead guilty to a lesser, misdemeanor charge of paying the vice president $1,000 to influence the approval of the credit application.

“I am not a perfect man,” Bowman said during his announcement at C

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