Christian Bo
| Christian Bo | |
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| Senate Minority Leader | |
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Assumed office September 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Valerie |
| President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate | |
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In office October 12, 2020 – October 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | James Order |
| United States Senator from Dixie | |
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Assumed office September 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Trash |
| White House Chief of Staff | |
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Assumed office September 29, 2020 | |
| President | Garland |
| Preceded by | Arkenstone |
| Speaker of the Dixie General Assembly | |
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Assumed office September 26, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Phoenix |
| Member of the Dixie General Assembly | |
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Assumed office August 5, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Blaze |
| Constituency | 1st District (14th Assembly – present) |
| Dixie Secretary of State | |
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Assumed office October 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Drunk |
| Dixie Secretary of Internal Affairs | |
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In office July 3, 2020 – October 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jason Miner |
| Personal Details | |
| Born | Orlando, Florida |
| Political party | Libertarian Party |
| Education | Univerity of Tampa (BS) |
Christian Ludacris Bo is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from the State of Dixie, since September 2020. He also serves as Senate Minority Leader, White House Chief of Staff, Speaker of the Dixie General Assembly, Assemblyman from Dixie’s first district, and Dixie Secretary of State.
Early Life, Education, Career
Bo was born in Orlando, Florida to unmarried parents, Linda S. Wilton and Gary R. Bo. He has one brother, Dominic Bo, and has said he was close with his family throughout his childhood. They moved to Winter Garden, Florida where he attended West Orange High School.
He later attended the University of Tampa where he achieved a B.S. in political science. He went on to work for different political campaigns throughout the State of Florida, whether that be on the state level campaigns or federal ones.
Political Career
In early July of 2020, Dixie Governor Omar Sandoval appointed Bo to lead the Department of Internal Affairs for the State of Dixie. He oversaw many different projects related to the environment, transportation, and the economy, before the establishment of the Department of Economic Affairs. However, Gov. Sandoval, who was also the Chairman of the Libertarian Party at the time, called on Bo to run for the Dixie General Assembly.
Bo accepted and decided to run to represent the first district, which was, at the time, composed of the regions of Texas and Oklahoma. He faced incumbent Andrew Blaze, Senator Trash, and Rep. John Smith in the election. Despite initial predictions favoring Trash, Bo outspent him by $30,000 and went on to win with 52.96% over Trash’s 30.99%, Blaze’s 9.51%, and Smith’s 6.54%. Bo went on to have an extremely productive session of the Assembly passing legislation covering a multitude of topics including LGBTQ+ issues, expanding civil liberties, increasing access to non-abortive contraceptive methods, expanding access to voting, and criminal justice reform.
Once the September Federal elections rolled around, Bo was originally mulling over a run for the House of Representatives. However, with the encouragement of the Libertarian Party, he decided to run for Senate to unseat the incumbent, Trash, the same person he beat in his Assembly campaign in the previous cycle. Initial predictions showed Senator Trash winning, however many knew it would be close. The campaign was contentious and produced one of the longest debates that election cycle. Bo and Trash spent a combined $190,000, and was tied for the second most expensive race during that month. Despite the fact that Bo was outspent by $10,000, on election night Bo won with a .4% margin. Trash’s campaign went on to file a recount, where Bo’s lead expanded. The final official tally was 50.71% for Bo and 49.29% for Trash. Bo was later selected as Senate Minority Leader in the caucus of just him and Sen. Valerie, the former President.
On September 25th, Bo was elected to be Speaker of the Dixie General Assembly after they had voted to vacate the incumbent Speaker, Phoenix, over his refusal to bring the Choice Amendment Ratification to the floor. Under a week later, on September 29th, Bo was selected to be White House Chief of Staff to President Garland, succeeding Arkenstone.
Bo was re-elected in a landslide victory to the Assembly in his re-election campaign, achieving over 85% of the vote, the largest margin of victory for any Assembly campaign that election cycle, despite the fact that two candidates in other districts went unopposed. He was elected Dixie Secretary of State in the same election cycle.
Bo was briefly elected President Pro Tempore of the United States Senatedue to a procedural issue within the chamber, despite the left holding six out of eight seats in the chamber. His tenure was brief, though, due to multiple motions and procedures within the Senate, and he served for just twenty four hours.
Political Beliefs
Bo has been self-described as a moderate libertarian, and one of the more moderate members of the party. He values further power devolution to the states, a single tax on land value, expansion of the federal Universal Basic Income, and is staunchly socially liberal. His socially liberal stance, on issues such as abortion, is rumored to have helped him win over support of moderate left wing members in elections, such as his election to the U.S. Senate.
Personal Life
Bo is married to his wife, Amanda, and has two children, Carolann and Henry.