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State Representative, 50th District

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Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Tennessee laws and the state budget in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

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Bo MitchellOfficial portrait — Tennessee General Assembly

Bo Mitchell

DemocraticIncumbent

Employee benefits business owner · Nashville

The gist

  • Supports abolishing vouchers and fully funding education.
  • Pledges to abolish the sales tax on food.
  • Proposes suspending the gas tax until prices fall.
  • Sponsored bill penalizing storage letting children bring guns to school.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

More about Bo
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  1. Supports abolishing vouchers and fully funding education.

    Representative Bo Mitchell: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “Education Freedom Scholarship Act”
    VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 50

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Abolish vouchers and fully fund education”
  2. Pledges to abolish the sales tax on food.

    VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 50

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Abolishing the sales tax on food”
  3. Proposes suspending the gas tax until prices fall.

    VOTE411 voter guide: Tennessee House of Representatives District 50

    Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of Tennessee (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org

    “Consider suspending the gas tax until gas prices subside”
  4. Sponsored bill penalizing storage letting children bring guns to school.

    Representative Bo Mitchell: bills sponsored in the 114th General Assembly

    Government record · Tennessee General Assembly · wapp.capitol.tn.gov

    “recklessly storing a firearm in a manner that a person knows or reasonably should know will allow a child younger than 18”

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