Mental Illness and Elected Office

In response to the national conversation about President Donald Trump's mental health, Off-Kilter, a podcast from the Center for American Progress, has been talking to elected officials and candidates for elected office who live with mental illness and mental health disabilities. As part of that series, Rebecca Vallas spoke with Rep. Garnet Coleman, a state legislator representing parts of Houston in the Texas House of Representatives who has been living with mental illness since he was 17 years old.