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'''Christian Ludacris Bo''' is an American politician who currently serves as 59th [[President of the United States]]. A member of the [[Libertarian-Republican Party|Libertarian Party]], he previously served as the 59th Vice President of the United States under [[Omar Sandoval|Sandoval]] and represented [[Dixie]] in the Senate from September, 2020 to November, 2020.  
'''Christian Ludacris Bo''' is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as 59th [[President of the United States]]. A member of the [[Libertarian-Republican Party|Libertarian Party]], he previously served as the 59th Vice President of the United States under [[Omar Sandoval|Sandoval]] and represented [[Dixie]] in the Senate from September, 2020 to November, 2020.  
 
==Early Life, Education, Career==
==Early Life, Education, Career==
Bo was born in Orlando, Florida to unmarried parents, Linda Wilton and Gary Bo. He also has one brother, Dominic Bo, and has said that he was close with his family throughout his childhood despite his parent’s lack of marriage. They went on to move to Winter Garden, Florida, where Bo went on to graduate from West Orange High School.
Bo was born in Orlando, Florida on March 10, 1978 to Linda Wilton and Gary Bo. He is the elder brother to one sibling, Dominic Bo. His family later moved to Winter Garden, Florida where he attended and graduated from West Orange High School. Going on to attend the University of Tampa, he earned a B.S. in political science.
 
He went on to attend the University of Tampa in which he earned a B.S. in political science. Following that, he went on to become a professional campaign manager and, later on, political scientist with a focus on public policy and law in the Tampa area. Eventually he went on to open a political consulting firm, based out of Tampa and Orlando, which he operated until 2018. Throughout this, he has said he gained great knowledge and passion for developing public policy and being involved in the political sphere.
 
Following the 2018 governmental restructuring within the United States, Bo took a small leave of absence from his work within politics and opted to spend a majority of the time up until 2020 with his family, enjoying a private life and career. However, in July of 2020, Dixie Governor Sandoval appointed Bo to serve as the Secretary of Internal Affairs for the State of Dixie in which he oversaw a multitude of things within that Department.  


After a year working on electoral campaigns across central and southern Florida, he later attended the University of Miami School of Law, earning a J.D. degree. He went on to practice law in a firm based out of Tampa, Florida. Bo then worked as a political consultant before his entry into politics himself, sparked by an appointment to be Secretary of Internal Affairs in [[Dixie]] by Governor [[Sandoval|Omarosa Sandoval]].
==Dixie General Assembly==
==Dixie General Assembly==
Bo was initially elected to the Dixie General Assembly in the August 2020 state elections to represent Dixie’s First district, which at the time consisted of the regions of Texas and Oklahoma. In this election, Bo faced Senator [[Trash]], Representative [[John Smith]], and the incumbent Assemblyman [[Andrew Blaze]]. Many originally expected the race to go for Sen. Trash due to his experience and magnitude within the state. However, Bo outspent Trash by $30,000 and went on to win the election with 52% of the vote, with Trash getting just 30% and Smith and Blaze taking the rest, and the election results were a shock to many.
Having sought election to the Dixie General Assembly in the first district in August, 2020, Bo faced Trash, Andrew Blaze, and John Smith. He won with 52% of the vote, with Trash taking 30% and the other candidates taking the rest. He passed legislation to mandate LGBTQ+ education in schools, expand access to contraception, legalize prostitution, lessen the scope of the denial of license plates by the Department of Transportation, ensure automatic voter registration, expand rehabilitation programs in prions, and ratify the Choice Amendment. Near the end of the session, when Speaker Phoenix was faced with a motion to vacate the chair, Bo was elected without opposition to the Speakership.
 
Within the first half of the term in the Assembly, Bo was extremely productive and passed multiple pieces of legislation, including establishing LGBTQ+ curriculum in schools, legalizing prostitution, expanding access to contraceptives, criminal justice reform, and voting rights. In the second half of the term, the Assembly vacated the incumbent Speaker, [[Phoenix]], due to him refusing to put the ratification of the Choice Amendment up for debate and, subsequently a vote, within the Assembly. Following this event, Bo was elected Speaker of the Assembly without opposition.
 
In the October state elections, Bo ran for re-election and faced political newcomer [[The Owl]]. However, The Owl did not show up to campaign or debate and Bo won re-election in a landslide, taking nearly 86% of the vote. Bo went on to be re-elected as Speaker of the Assembly for the 15th session. Bo, once again, provided another productive session in the Assembly, passing the Fair Vote Amendment, which instituted Ranked Choice Voting within Dixie, LGBTQ+ rights legislation, a resolution as to investigate the [[Dixie Secession Plot]], and the budget for that session, which implemented a land value tax within the state. In the December state elections, Bo ran for a third term, and his opponent was former Assemblyman [[Ethan Matthias]]. While the race was more contentious than some expected, Bo prevailed taking 57% of the vote over Matthias’ 43%.  


Re-elected with over 86% of the vote in October, 2020, Bo was further re-elected to the Speakership with support from both the left and right. He passed legislation to institute ranked choice voting, protect the rights of transgender inmates in prisons, establish the Department of Environmental Protection, promote health education efforts, investigate the Dixie Secession Plot, and the enactment of a land value tax. Bo forewent the Speakership in November, 2020, upon his election to the Vice Presidency, and he was succeeded by [[Miguel Wazowski]] in the post. Bo was re-elected in December, 2020, with 57% of the vote, against [[Ethan Matthias]] and, in his final term in office, passed legislation to raise Dixie’s minimum wage, and reform voting in the General Assembly. Refusing to seek election to a fourth term in February, 2020, Bo was succeeded by [[John Moonguy]].
==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
In the weeks preceding the September 2020 federal elections, Bo was initially considering a run for the House of Representatives. However, Bo received encouragement from the Libertarian Party to run for Senate to unseat the incumbent, Trash, the same person who he beat in the Assembly race just a month prior. Following this, Bo accepted and decided to run.
===Dixie===
 
Bo sought election to the Senate in Dixie in September, 2020, and faced the incumbent, Trash. Winning with 50.79% of the vote, Bo was sworn in to the Senate on September 10, 2020. Bo served as Senate Minority Leader in a caucus of just Senator [[Valerie]] and himself.  
The race was contentious and, similar to the Assembly race, before the election began most predicted that Trash would end up victorious and with another six month term in the Senate. The debate between the two was one of the longest in that cycle, and the campaign was tied for the second most expensive race within that election cycle, with the two spending a combined $190,000. Trash ended up outspending Bo by $10,000, yet Bo emerged victorious on election day, taking 50.2% of the vote to Trash’s 49.8%. The margin of victory was well within the recount threshold, and Trash went on to file a recount. However, following it, Bo’s lead expanded and the final election results ended up being 50.71% for Bo and 49.29% for Trash. Bo was one of just three Libertarian wins within that election, and, afterwards, Bo was selected as Senate Minority Leader for the caucus of just him and Senator Valerie.
 
Following then-President pro tempore [[James Order]]’s resignation from the Senate and, thus, President pro tempore, Bo was briefly elected President pro tempore because he was the only nominated candidate to meet the requirements, despite the left’s supermajority within the chamber. However, his tenure did not last long, due to a motion to appeal the decision of the chair and revert the Senate back to the procedure from before in which nominations were open until all Senators had made a nomination. Following this, Senators Valerie and Bo did not make nominations on the Senate floor and, due to the previous motion which reinstated old rules, an election for President pro tempore could not go forward. Though, before then-Vice President [[Cabin Fever]]’s ascension to the Vice President, he handed the gavel to Senator Valerie, the Deputy President pro tempore. Later on, however, the left majority held an illegal election for President pro tempore in which a staffer from the same stole the gavel from Senator Valerie, in an act described as assault on the only female Senator at the time. This event became known as [[Gavelgate]]. The Senate was, for most of this period, unable to proceed with business and items of legislation, until a point of order from Bo which allowed the Senate to do as such. To get the gridlock over, and go back to normal within the Senate, the Social Democratic members of the left majority caucus led by Senator Epsilon Leclair broke off and, together, the Social Democrats formed a Cooperative Caucus in which Bo was Majority Leader and Drunk was elected President pro tempore closely afterwards.
 
Bo resigned from the Senate on November 10th, 2020, following his ascension to the Vice Presidency.  


Notably during his tenure, he was briefly elected President pro tempore, in an act which would go on to cause [[Gavelgate]]. After partaking in the filibuster with Senator Valerie for 12 days, Bo became Senate Majority Leader in a joint caucus composed of Libertarians and Social Democrats to end the filibuster. Bo resigned from the Senate in November, 2020, and was succeeded by [[Ethan Armstrong]].
===Jefferson===
Bo sought election to the Senate in Jefferson in July, 2021, and won without opposition, taking 74.62% of the vote. He is set to swear in following the conclusion of his Presidential term.
==Vice Presidency==
==Vice Presidency==
Bo was selected as Libertarian Party Presidential nominee and Dixie Governor Sandoval’s Vice Presidential nominee during his campaign for the Presidency in the November 2020 election. Originally slated to face a ticket composed of Former Senator Trash and Rep. Kevin Murphy, they faced off against Former House Speaker NotAName and Former Representative XRT-17 following the [[Trash Scandal]], along with an independent ticket of [[Ryan Daly]] and Former Senator [[Zarphos]].
Bo was long speculated to be a likely candidate for [[Sandoval|Omarosa Sandoval]]’s running mate in the November, 2020, Presidential election, and it was announced on October 15, 2020. Running against the left-wing ticket of [[NotAName]] and [[XRT-17]], on November 9, 2020, Sandoval and Bo were elected with 52% of the popular vote and 18 electoral votes to NotAName/XRT-17’s 11.  
 
The two went on to win the election in a landslide, winning in the [[North]], [[Jefferson]], [[Dixie]], and [[Washington, D.C]]. Sandoval and Bo won a total of 18 electoral votes to NotAName and XRT-17’s 11 electoral votes, with Daly and Zarphos not winning any. Furthermore, they won a majority of the national popular vote with a 10 point margin. The following day, Bo was sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
 
As Vice President, Bo has been an active governing partner for President Sandoval, something which he promised during the campaign. In the role, he has taken COVID-19 head on as head of the White House Coronavirus Committee, along with presiding over the Senate on a regular basis similar to that of his predecessor in the Vice Presidency, Cabin. Furthermore, he has helped attempt to implement the administration’s agenda, having helped author various pieces of legislation and advising on things such as executive orders.
 
Bo served as Acting President from February 8, 2021, to February 14, 2021, while President Sandoval underwent a medical procedure. In the brief period, he signed five different executive orders and memoranda, to allow for the revocation of President Medals of Freedom, followed by a subsequent revocation of Bill Cosby's Medal of Freedom, to revoke the public health emergency regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, to stop the expedition of environmental reporting requirements for large-scale infrastructure projects, and to establish reporting requirements for various different federal agencies. Furthermore, in this brief period he helped free Salvatore Basile, an American hostage in China.  


Leading the White House Coronavirus Committee, Bo successfully oversaw the distribution of 400 million vaccine doses nationwide and, under the Administration, the coronavirus was successfully eradicated in the United States. Furthermore, Bo regularly presided over the Senate, similar to that of both his predecessor and successor. When Sandoval underwent a medical procedure, Bo acted as President for five days in which he issued five different executive actions and, most notably, freed Salvatore Basile, an American hostage in China. Leaving office as one of the most active and influential Vice Presidents in American history, Bo was succeeded by [[Ian Bellinger]].
==Presidential Campaign==
==Presidential Campaign==
Bo announced a Presidential campaign for the March 2021 federal election on January 25th, 2021. Many thought that no matter who the left ran, despite much controversy regarding the Sandoval Administration, that the election would be extremely competitive considering Bo's popularity and political magnitude. Bo went on to be acclaimed as the [[Second Libertarian Party|Libertarian-Republican Party]]'s nominee for President on February 15, 2021. He selected [[Ian Bellinger]], a Senator from Puerto Rico and Secretary of the Treasury, to be his running mate, despite many thinking that he would have picked Senate Minority Leader [[Howard Elkridge]].  He faced off against a ticket composed of Senate Majority Leader [[Epsilon Leclair]], who won the joint primary between the Social Democratic and Global Labour parties, and Speaker of the House [[Rose McAlister]].
===Election===
 
Bo announced a campaign for the Presidency in the [[United States presidential election, March 2021]] on January 27, 2021. He won the nomination of the [[Libertarian-Republican Party]] without opposition on February 15, 2021, and selected Senator [[Ian Bellinger]] as his running mate.
Some thought that Leclair would go on to win the election, however following the government shutdown, which many pinned on Leclair and McAlister as the reason for it, the game changed and the election became much more competitive. The Sandoval Administration was arguably the biggest point of contention during the election, including controversies regarding activity, the budget issue and government shutdown, and the shooting down of a Chinese drone in November, 2020. Bo and Leclair partook in four debates, one of them which had to be rescheduled due to the former not showing up on time, with instead each candidate having a town hall period before the rescheduled debate. For the most part, the debates were contentious, particularly the final one, with candidates delivering blows back and forth to each other regarding mainly the aforementioned controversies, most notably the budget issue. [[Puerto Rico]] was largely considered the most important state this election, and one which would be decided with just a handful of votes, mainly due to the fact that it's electoral vote allocation was winner-take-all. Many said that whoever went on to win the state would end up winning the election as a whole.  


Bo went on to win the electoral college with 18 votes, over the necessary 16 to win, to Leclair's 12. Bo won his home State of [[Dixie]], his running mate's home state, the Commonwealth of [[Puerto Rico]], and the District of Columbia. He tied in electoral votes in the [[North]] and [[Jefferson]], however lost the popular vote in both. Leclair won the nationwide popular vote, too, despite Bo's victory in the electoral college. Leclair went on to concede in a speech which some have described as "Trumpian", calling the [[Second Libertarian Party|Libertarian-Republican Party]] corrupt, amongst other things.  
He ran against Senate Majority Leader [[Epsilon Leclair]] and Speaker of the House [[Rose McAlister]], the nominees of the Left Coalition, in a contentious election. Bo won, taking 18 electoral votes to Leclair’s 12, carrying the states of Dixie and Puerto Rico, as well as the District of Columbia. Bo lost the national popular vote, taking 48.17% to Leclair’s 50.99%, becoming the only President since 2018 to be elected without it.
===Tenure===
Bo was sworn in by Chief Justice [[Thanos May]] on March 12, 2021. In general, his Presidency was marked by the revival of both the [[Libertarian consensus]] in American politics and the [[Libertarian-Republican Party]] in and of itself, with the party having its best election results ever during his term. He issued the second most executive actions than any Presidency since 2018, second only to [[Lamport]], and led his Administration sponsoring and passing more bills than any of the three Administrations which preceded him.


There were multiple court cases with respect to the outcome of the election. The first, in [[Puerto Rico]], was spearheaded by Senator [[Joash Trudeau]], who was trying to argue that the electoral vote allocation law which Puerto Rico defaulted onto which made it a winner-take-all state was phrased in a manner so that the national popular vote winner should win the state's electoral votes, however the case was dismissed following opening arguments. In [[Jefferson]], [[Computerguy15]] filed a case arguing that the state improperly used Ranked Choice Voting in the election, meaning that the election had to be redone. A motion for summary judgement was granted and the case was dismissed. Finally, just a few minutes before the electoral vote allocation, Leclair himself filed a case saying that [[Jefferson]]'s votes should be allocated in a winner-take-all method, however it was too late by the time the court was able to review and accept or deny the case and it was later denied due to a lack of case or controversey.
Specifically, Bo effectively abolished Medicare, Medicaid, and the federal public option in favor of a block grant to the states; increased the federal Universal Basic Income program; repealed the three strikes statute; repealed the Women’s Healthcare Act in favor of a conditional grant based on contraception and sexual education access; expanded apprenticeship opportunities; granted tax relief to workers’ co-operatives; and provided subsidization for employment vouchers. He and his Administration also dissolved the Department of Agriculture, gave $2,500 to every postpartum woman, offloaded uninhabited American territories, made Juneteenth a federal holiday, and allowed for the suspension of the provisions of the International Reciprocity Act.  


Bo, in his capacity as Vice President and, therefore, President of the Senate, presided over the certification of the election in a joint session of Congress.  
Bo issued orders to establish the President’s Commission on Drug and Addiction Policy, establish the Office of Health Emergency Preparedness, end the Mexico City Policy, ban the usage of tear gas and rubber bullets by federal officers, audit the Department of Veterans Affairs, proclaim April 20 as Weed Freedom Day, extend Secret Service protection to numerous federal officials, break the Gilead patent on pre-exposure prophylaxis, expand opportunities for immigration from nations where LGBTQ+ individuals are at greater risk for harm or persecution, and establish the White House Office of LGBTQ+ Youth Safety and Policy. His Administration also successfully renegotiated the Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China, retaining their membership in the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, and is regarded as one of the most internationally active Administrations since 2018.


==Presidency==
To handle the oil crisis which came as a result of the attack on Saudi Aramco, Bo was one of the few federal officials to properly address the crisis and, through executive order, suspended a previous prohibition of fracking on federal land and opened American oil reserves, both successfully providing price decreases. He and his Administration, along with Representative [[Tedd Ddet]], passed legislation to provide direct relief payments to low income Americans, expand the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for the duration of the crisis, support both the federal and state governments weaning off of the usage of fossil fuels, and amend the statutory ban on fracking on federal lands to postpone the end cutoff.  
Bo was sworn in as [[President of the United States]] on March 21, 2021 by Chief Justice [[Thanos May]]. A few minutes following, he appointed [[Howard Elkridge]] to be White House Chief of Staff and [[Wonder|James Wonder]] to be Deputy White House Chief of Staff, in which executive nominations followed. On his first day in office, he published a bill to abolish three strikes laws and issued an executive order to establish an Executive Council on the Criminal Code, delivering his "first day" campaign promises made on the campaign trail. Since that point, he has issued various executive orders and memorandum, the more notable ones including establishing the Office of Health Emergency Preparedness, ending the Mexico City Policy, and banning the usage of tear gas and rubber bullets by federal law enforcement officials. Furthermore, his administration successfully renegotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with the People's Republic of China, following neither party recognizing the original 2018 agreement, providing for China to continue implementation of the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty and the U.S. working to practic restraint in the South China Sea and recognizing the issues thereof as political rather than militaristic.  


Among others, up until this point, the Administration's most notable legislative proposal was the April budget, which came under some controversy following budget negotiations when it was released publicly. In the released budget, which was negotiated with and cosponsored by all members of Congressional leadership, included a slew of Bo's campaign promises, including establishing a healthcare block grant in favor of repealing the American Healthcare Insurance Reform Act, more commonly known as LOTRcare, establishing a tax relief program for workers' cooperatives, creating a program to enhance job training initiatives nationwide, and repealing the Women's Healthcare Act in favor of a conditional grant program depending on the levels of sexual education and contraception access of certain states. The budget also included provisions from the left majority, including establishing programs to provide financial assistance to Black farmers, regulate high frequency arbitrage transactions, and establishing a grant program regarding hiring mental health officials in schools. The most controversial provision was Title IV, which established the healthcare block grant, which came under scrutiny for defunding Medicare and Medicaid, which Bo and others described as largely moot, ineffective, and wasteful following the enactment of state-level universal programs which provided greater coverage for lesser cost. Bo was joined in support for the block grant program and aforementioned funding levels on individuals on the left and right, however there was stark opposition from many, most notably Global Labour Senator [[Jeb]]. With talks of a potential continuing resolution to reopen negotiations or substantial amendments being made to the agreed to budget, Bo rejected both and insisted on passing the budget as negotiated and agreed to, publicly saying he would not support a continuing resolution and saying that no other bills would be approved until the budget was passed as-is. It ended up passing both chambers of Congress, with nothing but small technical amendments made, with Bo having signed the act on the April 12, 2021. The budget has been renowned as a major win for the [[Libertarian-Republican Party]], due to the large spending cuts present within the budget and transition into more libertarian-oriented federal healthcare policy, with some arguing that the left did not fight to stop the Administration's agenda hard enough. Bo rejected such an idea, having said when signing "Truly, everyone has a reason to be proud of this over forty page goliath which was crafted by the Administration and various members of Congress."
Regarded as one of the most partisan Presidencies in modern history, Bo successfully enacted his Administration’s goals in both budgets passed in Congress despite objections from the opposition by playing an aggressive role in the legislative process. In April, when he did reach a compromise with the Left Coalition majority in the House of Representatives and Senate, they faced backlash from their own caucus, but Bo’s proposal, containing a massive reduction in the scope of the federal government with respect to healthcare, passed both chambers. In June, Bo submitted, in coalition with the Workers’ Party and Speaker [[Purdy]], a budget containing no provisions from the Left Coalition majority in the House of Representatives, and faced backlash as a result of it. With the Left Coalition notably attempting to abolish the federal Universal Basic Income, which Bo sought to expand, Bo threatened to refuse signature on any other bills and, hours before a shut-down, the budget containing two minor provisions from the Left Coalition, and all of his Administration’s provisions intact, passed with Bo’s signature. When his nominee to be a Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, Global Labour Party member [[Rose McAlister]], sat in the Senate by proxy hours following her confirmation, Bo refused to sign her Commission, blocking her from taking office.  


In one of his final actions as President, when Justice [[Yimir]] resigned in the middle of voting for the July, 2021, federal election, despite Congress being adjourned, Bo recess appointed his predecessor, Attorney General, President pro tempore, and Senator [[Sandoval|Omarosa Sandoval]] to the vacant seat, with him taking office less than five hours following Yimir’s resignation.
==Libertarian Party==
==Libertarian Party==
Following the November 2020 federal elections, [[Second Libertarian Party|Libertarian Party]] Chairwoman [[Valerie]] opted not to seek a third term as Chairman. Bo opted to run, and faced off against [[Aegues Phoenix]] for the role. Bo emerged victorious, taking 80% of the vote, and was elected to be the Libertarian Party’s third Chair. Bo opted not to run for a second term as Chairman, and he was succeeded by [[Howard Elkridge]].
Bo sought the Federal Chairmanship of the Libertarian Party in November, 2021, and won against Aegeus Phoenix, taking 80% of the vote. With success in the December State elections but a general loss in the January Federal elections, Bo opted not to seek re-election and was succeeded by [[Howard Elkridge]].


In July, 2021, Bo was re-elected to be Federal Chairman of the rebranded [[Libertarian-Republican Party]] without opposition.
==Political Beliefs==
==Political Beliefs==
Bo is one of the more moderate members of the Libertarians, and is extremely socially liberal. Economically, he is around the center, though he has opposed certain left wing measures such as the Direct Tax Amendment or bills to raise the minimum wage at the federal level. On social issues, he supported the Choice Amendment and was also the plaintiff in a court case to strike down Dixie’s abortion ban. He also supports further power devolution to the states, the land value tax, and a universal basic income. His liberal stance on things such as LGBTQ+ rights and abortion has supposedly helped him with certain moderate left wing voters in various elections, such as his election to the Senate.
Originally campaigning as a moderate, Bo is regarded as having drifted more partisan and more right leaning throughout his term as both Vice President and President, but has maintained socially liberal stances on topics such as abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and racial equality, while being more right-leaning on the economy, welfare, and the size and scope of the federal government.
 
==Personal Life==
==Personal Life==
Bo is married to his wife, Amanda, an educator and teacher, and together they have two children, Carolann and Henry. Bo has a private residence in Tampa, Florida, along with a home in Arlington, Virginia.
Married to his wife, Amanda, he has two children, Carolann and Henry. Bo’s primary residence is Edwards, Jefferson, but has a secondary residence in Arlington, Dixie.  
 
==Honors==
==Honors==
Bo was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President Sandoval on March 3, 2021.  
Bo was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by President Sandoval on March 3, 2021.  
==Electoral History==
==Electoral History==
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Christian Bo
Bo Portrait.jpg
59th President of the United States
Assumed office
March 12, 2021
Vice President Ian Bellinger
Preceded by Sandoval
59th Vice President of the United States
In office
November 10, 2020 – March 12, 2021
President Sandoval
Preceded by Cabin
Succeeded by Ian Bellinger
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
October 12, 2020 – October 13, 2020
Preceded by James Order
Succeeded by Drunk
Senate Majority Leader
In office
October 21, 2020 – November 10, 2020
Preceded by Epsilon
Succeeded by Howard Elkridge
Senate Minority Leader
In office
September 13, 2020 – October 21, 2020
Preceded by Valerie
Succeeded by Ricca
United States Senator
from Dixie
In office
September 10, 2020 – November 10, 2020
Preceded by Trash
Succeeded by Ethan Armstrong
White House Chief of Staff
In office
September 29, 2020 – November 10, 2020
President Garland
Preceded by Arkenstone
Succeeded by Computerguy15
Speaker of the Dixie General Assembly
In office
September 26, 2020 – November 9, 2020
Preceded by Phoenix
Succeeded by Miguel
Member of the
Dixie General Assembly
In office
August 5, 2020 – February 9, 2021
Preceded by Andrew Blaze
Succeeded by Moonguy
Constituency 1st District (14th Assembly – 16th Assembly)
Dixie Secretary of State
In office
October 10, 2020 – November 9, 2020
Preceded by Drunk
Succeeded by Randy Rhombus
Dixie Secretary of Internal Affairs
In office
July 3, 2020 – October 10, 2020
Preceded by Jason Miner
Succeeded by John
Chairman of the
Libertarian Party
In office
November 13, 2020 – January 16, 2021
Preceded by Valerie
Succeeded by Howard Elkridge
Personal Details
Born Christian Ludacris Bo
March 10, 1979
Orlando, Florida
Political party Libertarian Party
Education Univerity of Tampa (BS)
University of Miami (JD)
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2021)

Christian Ludacris Bo is an American attorney and politician who currently serves as 59th President of the United States. A member of the Libertarian Party, he previously served as the 59th Vice President of the United States under Sandoval and represented Dixie in the Senate from September, 2020 to November, 2020.

Early Life, Education, Career

Bo was born in Orlando, Florida on March 10, 1978 to Linda Wilton and Gary Bo. He is the elder brother to one sibling, Dominic Bo. His family later moved to Winter Garden, Florida where he attended and graduated from West Orange High School. Going on to attend the University of Tampa, he earned a B.S. in political science.

After a year working on electoral campaigns across central and southern Florida, he later attended the University of Miami School of Law, earning a J.D. degree. He went on to practice law in a firm based out of Tampa, Florida. Bo then worked as a political consultant before his entry into politics himself, sparked by an appointment to be Secretary of Internal Affairs in Dixie by Governor Omarosa Sandoval.

Dixie General Assembly

Having sought election to the Dixie General Assembly in the first district in August, 2020, Bo faced Trash, Andrew Blaze, and John Smith. He won with 52% of the vote, with Trash taking 30% and the other candidates taking the rest. He passed legislation to mandate LGBTQ+ education in schools, expand access to contraception, legalize prostitution, lessen the scope of the denial of license plates by the Department of Transportation, ensure automatic voter registration, expand rehabilitation programs in prions, and ratify the Choice Amendment. Near the end of the session, when Speaker Phoenix was faced with a motion to vacate the chair, Bo was elected without opposition to the Speakership.

Re-elected with over 86% of the vote in October, 2020, Bo was further re-elected to the Speakership with support from both the left and right. He passed legislation to institute ranked choice voting, protect the rights of transgender inmates in prisons, establish the Department of Environmental Protection, promote health education efforts, investigate the Dixie Secession Plot, and the enactment of a land value tax. Bo forewent the Speakership in November, 2020, upon his election to the Vice Presidency, and he was succeeded by Miguel Wazowski in the post. Bo was re-elected in December, 2020, with 57% of the vote, against Ethan Matthias and, in his final term in office, passed legislation to raise Dixie’s minimum wage, and reform voting in the General Assembly. Refusing to seek election to a fourth term in February, 2020, Bo was succeeded by John Moonguy.

U.S. Senate

Dixie

Bo sought election to the Senate in Dixie in September, 2020, and faced the incumbent, Trash. Winning with 50.79% of the vote, Bo was sworn in to the Senate on September 10, 2020. Bo served as Senate Minority Leader in a caucus of just Senator Valerie and himself.

Notably during his tenure, he was briefly elected President pro tempore, in an act which would go on to cause Gavelgate. After partaking in the filibuster with Senator Valerie for 12 days, Bo became Senate Majority Leader in a joint caucus composed of Libertarians and Social Democrats to end the filibuster. Bo resigned from the Senate in November, 2020, and was succeeded by Ethan Armstrong.

Jefferson

Bo sought election to the Senate in Jefferson in July, 2021, and won without opposition, taking 74.62% of the vote. He is set to swear in following the conclusion of his Presidential term.

Vice Presidency

Bo was long speculated to be a likely candidate for Omarosa Sandoval’s running mate in the November, 2020, Presidential election, and it was announced on October 15, 2020. Running against the left-wing ticket of NotAName and XRT-17, on November 9, 2020, Sandoval and Bo were elected with 52% of the popular vote and 18 electoral votes to NotAName/XRT-17’s 11.

Leading the White House Coronavirus Committee, Bo successfully oversaw the distribution of 400 million vaccine doses nationwide and, under the Administration, the coronavirus was successfully eradicated in the United States. Furthermore, Bo regularly presided over the Senate, similar to that of both his predecessor and successor. When Sandoval underwent a medical procedure, Bo acted as President for five days in which he issued five different executive actions and, most notably, freed Salvatore Basile, an American hostage in China. Leaving office as one of the most active and influential Vice Presidents in American history, Bo was succeeded by Ian Bellinger.

Presidential Campaign

Election

Bo announced a campaign for the Presidency in the United States presidential election, March 2021 on January 27, 2021. He won the nomination of the Libertarian-Republican Party without opposition on February 15, 2021, and selected Senator Ian Bellinger as his running mate.

He ran against Senate Majority Leader Epsilon Leclair and Speaker of the House Rose McAlister, the nominees of the Left Coalition, in a contentious election. Bo won, taking 18 electoral votes to Leclair’s 12, carrying the states of Dixie and Puerto Rico, as well as the District of Columbia. Bo lost the national popular vote, taking 48.17% to Leclair’s 50.99%, becoming the only President since 2018 to be elected without it.

Tenure

Bo was sworn in by Chief Justice Thanos May on March 12, 2021. In general, his Presidency was marked by the revival of both the Libertarian consensus in American politics and the Libertarian-Republican Party in and of itself, with the party having its best election results ever during his term. He issued the second most executive actions than any Presidency since 2018, second only to Lamport, and led his Administration sponsoring and passing more bills than any of the three Administrations which preceded him.

Specifically, Bo effectively abolished Medicare, Medicaid, and the federal public option in favor of a block grant to the states; increased the federal Universal Basic Income program; repealed the three strikes statute; repealed the Women’s Healthcare Act in favor of a conditional grant based on contraception and sexual education access; expanded apprenticeship opportunities; granted tax relief to workers’ co-operatives; and provided subsidization for employment vouchers. He and his Administration also dissolved the Department of Agriculture, gave $2,500 to every postpartum woman, offloaded uninhabited American territories, made Juneteenth a federal holiday, and allowed for the suspension of the provisions of the International Reciprocity Act.

Bo issued orders to establish the President’s Commission on Drug and Addiction Policy, establish the Office of Health Emergency Preparedness, end the Mexico City Policy, ban the usage of tear gas and rubber bullets by federal officers, audit the Department of Veterans Affairs, proclaim April 20 as Weed Freedom Day, extend Secret Service protection to numerous federal officials, break the Gilead patent on pre-exposure prophylaxis, expand opportunities for immigration from nations where LGBTQ+ individuals are at greater risk for harm or persecution, and establish the White House Office of LGBTQ+ Youth Safety and Policy. His Administration also successfully renegotiated the Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China, retaining their membership in the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, and is regarded as one of the most internationally active Administrations since 2018.

To handle the oil crisis which came as a result of the attack on Saudi Aramco, Bo was one of the few federal officials to properly address the crisis and, through executive order, suspended a previous prohibition of fracking on federal land and opened American oil reserves, both successfully providing price decreases. He and his Administration, along with Representative Tedd Ddet, passed legislation to provide direct relief payments to low income Americans, expand the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for the duration of the crisis, support both the federal and state governments weaning off of the usage of fossil fuels, and amend the statutory ban on fracking on federal lands to postpone the end cutoff.

Regarded as one of the most partisan Presidencies in modern history, Bo successfully enacted his Administration’s goals in both budgets passed in Congress despite objections from the opposition by playing an aggressive role in the legislative process. In April, when he did reach a compromise with the Left Coalition majority in the House of Representatives and Senate, they faced backlash from their own caucus, but Bo’s proposal, containing a massive reduction in the scope of the federal government with respect to healthcare, passed both chambers. In June, Bo submitted, in coalition with the Workers’ Party and Speaker Purdy, a budget containing no provisions from the Left Coalition majority in the House of Representatives, and faced backlash as a result of it. With the Left Coalition notably attempting to abolish the federal Universal Basic Income, which Bo sought to expand, Bo threatened to refuse signature on any other bills and, hours before a shut-down, the budget containing two minor provisions from the Left Coalition, and all of his Administration’s provisions intact, passed with Bo’s signature. When his nominee to be a Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, Global Labour Party member Rose McAlister, sat in the Senate by proxy hours following her confirmation, Bo refused to sign her Commission, blocking her from taking office.

In one of his final actions as President, when Justice Yimir resigned in the middle of voting for the July, 2021, federal election, despite Congress being adjourned, Bo recess appointed his predecessor, Attorney General, President pro tempore, and Senator Omarosa Sandoval to the vacant seat, with him taking office less than five hours following Yimir’s resignation.

Libertarian Party

Bo sought the Federal Chairmanship of the Libertarian Party in November, 2021, and won against Aegeus Phoenix, taking 80% of the vote. With success in the December State elections but a general loss in the January Federal elections, Bo opted not to seek re-election and was succeeded by Howard Elkridge.

In July, 2021, Bo was re-elected to be Federal Chairman of the rebranded Libertarian-Republican Party without opposition.

Political Beliefs

Originally campaigning as a moderate, Bo is regarded as having drifted more partisan and more right leaning throughout his term as both Vice President and President, but has maintained socially liberal stances on topics such as abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and racial equality, while being more right-leaning on the economy, welfare, and the size and scope of the federal government.

Personal Life

Married to his wife, Amanda, he has two children, Carolann and Henry. Bo’s primary residence is Edwards, Jefferson, but has a secondary residence in Arlington, Dixie.

Honors

Bo was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Sandoval on March 3, 2021.

Electoral History

Dixie General Assembly

August 2020, DX-1 Assembly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 52.96 +52.96
UL Trash 30.99 +30.99
ALC Andrew Blaze 9.51 -65.49
Independent John Smith 6.54 +6.54
LP gain from ALC
October 2020, DX-1 Assembly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 85.95 +32.99
UL The Owl 12.76 -18.23
Independent Marune 1.25 +1.25
LP hold
December 2020, DX-1 Assembly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 57.47 -28.48
SDP Ethan Matthias 41.68 +41.68
Independent Poliman .84 +.84
LP hold

Dixie State Cabinet

October 2020, DX Secretary of State
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 57.24 +57.24
SDP Drunk 41.68 +41.68
Independent Marune 1.07 +1.07
LP gain from SDP

United States Senate

September 2020, DX Senate Class III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 50.79 +50.71
UL Trash 49.21 -21.72
LP gain from UL
July 2021, JF Senate Class II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LRP Bo 74.62 -13.04
Independent Other 25.38 +13.04
LRP hold

March 2021 Presidential Election

Presidential Candidate Party Home State Popular Vote Electoral Vote Running Mate
Vice-Presidential Candidate Party Home State Electoral Vote
Christian Bo LRP Dixie 48.17% 18 Ian Bellinger LRP Puerto RIco 18
Epsilon Leclair GLP Jefferson 50.99% 12 Rose McAlister GLP Jefferson 12
Other/Write-in 0.84% — Other/Write-in —
Total 100% 30 30
Needed to win 16 16
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