Christian Bo
| Christian Bo | |
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| Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
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Assumed office July 15, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Valerie |
| United States Senator from Jefferson | |
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Assumed office July 15, 2021 Serving with Sandra Murphy-Colbert | |
| Preceded by | Valerie |
| 59th President of the United States | |
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In office March 12, 2021 – July 15, 2021 | |
| Vice President | Ian Bellinger |
| Preceded by | Omarosa Sandoval |
| Succeeded by | Howard Elkridge |
| 59th Vice President of the United States | |
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In office November 10, 2020 – March 12, 2021 | |
| President | Omarosa Sandoval |
| Preceded by | Cabin Fever |
| Succeeded by | Ian Bellinger |
| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
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In office October 12, 2020 – October 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | James Order |
| Succeeded by | Drunk |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
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In office October 21, 2020 – November 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Epsilon Leclair |
| Succeeded by | Howard Elkridge |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
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In office September 13, 2020 – October 21, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Valerie |
| Succeeded by | Valentin Ricca |
| United States Senator from Dixie | |
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In office September 10, 2020 – November 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Trash |
| Succeeded by | Ethan Armstrong |
| White House Chief of Staff | |
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In office September 29, 2020 – November 10, 2020 | |
| President | Lyndon Garland |
| Preceded by | Arkenstone |
| Succeeded by | Computerguy15 |
| Speaker of the Dixie General Assembly | |
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In office September 26, 2020 – November 9, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Aegeus Phoenix |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Wazowski |
| Member of the Dixie General Assembly | |
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In office August 5, 2020 – February 9, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Andrew Blaze |
| Succeeded by | John Moonguy |
| Constituency | 1st District (14th Assembly – 16th Assembly) |
| Dixie Secretary of State | |
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In office October 10, 2020 – November 9, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Drunk |
| Succeeded by | Randy Rhombus |
| Dixie Secretary of Internal Affairs | |
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In office July 3, 2020 – October 10, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jason Miner |
| Succeeded by | John Miller |
| Federal Chair of the Libertarian-Republican Party | |
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Assumed office July 10, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | James Wonder |
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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-Republican Party |
| Education |
Univerity of Tampa (BS) University of Miami (JD) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom (2021) |
Christian Ludacris Bo (born March 10, 1978) is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Jefferson since July, 2021. A member of the Libertarian-Republican Party, Bo served as the 59th President of the United States from March to July, 2021, as the 59th Vice President of the United States under Omarosa Sandoval from November, 2020, to March, 2021, and represented Dixie in the Senate from September 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, amended license plate regulation, 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 swore in on July 15, 2021, and succeeded Valerie.
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.
Presidency
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 most executive actions than any Presidency since 2018, 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, establish the White House Office of LGBTQ+ Youth Safety and Policy, appointed a Provisional Governor of Puerto Rico, reformed criminal regulation promulgation, and stopped the United States' participation in the United Nations Security Council. 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.
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-Republican 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| LP | Bo | 85.95 | +32.99 | ||
| UL | The Owl | 12.76 | -18.23 | ||
| Independent | Marune | 1.25 | +1.25 | ||
| LP hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| LP | Bo | 57.47 | -28.48 | ||
| SDP | Ethan Matthias | 41.68 | +41.68 | ||
| Independent | Poliman | .84 | +.84 | ||
| LP hold | |||||
Dixie State Cabinet
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| LP | Bo | 50.79 | +50.71 | ||
| UL | Trash | 49.21 | -21.72 | ||
| LP gain from UL | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | ||||||