Why Bo is Running For Congress
Growing up in Dickson County, Bo’s father was a drywall finisher who worked for himself and provided the only income for the family of five. When Bo was ten years old and his father was 39, his father suffered a heart attack that required a triple bypass surgery that left him unable to work. As a result, the family’s health insurance premiums became unaffordable and the family lost their healthcare.
Bo was uninsured until he was 19 years old.
“I know what it’s like to get sick and not be able to go to the doctor, or to have to tape your fingers together with popsicle sticks after a sports injury. So I’ve been there; I know what it will be like for the 300,000 Tennesseans who will lose their health coverage as a result of the bill that Congress just passed to gut Medicaid.”
- Rep. Bo Mitchell
Our current representative voted for the harmful “Big Beautiful Bill” that guts Medicaid, will close our rural hospitals, and cut food assistance—taking food off the tables of over 700,000 Tennesseans.
Bo is running for Congress to replace him because the people of Tennessee’s District 7 deserve a representative who is accountable to them, and who understands the cruel impacts of the Trump Administration’s policies on Tennessee families. Bo will always put our state first. That means working with anyone in either party when it helps our state, and continuing to stand up to anyone who tries to hurt our state.
Bo Mitchell is a State Representative known as a fierce defender of good jobs, strong public schools, and affordable health insurance for everyone. He has spent his career serving the people of middle Tennessee—from serving as Senator Pete Springer’s Chief of Staff to the Government and Military Affairs Director of the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce to Gov. Bredesen’s Director of Community Affairs to the Nashville Metro Council to his current role.
Bo and his wife Chastity live in Bellevue with their two sons, Parker and Brady. Bo graduated from David Lipscomb University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He earned his law degree from Nashville School of Law in 2003.