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Robert Short

R

Commissioner (Converse County, WY) - At-Large (? - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • BS, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Denver Institute of Technology

Professional Experience

  • BS, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Denver Institute of Technology
  • County Commissioner, Converse County
  • Chairman, Converse Hope Center
  • Senior Technical Specialist, Satellite Systems & Solutions, Inc.
  • Customer Representative, Varian, Inc., 2001-2004

Political Experience

  • BS, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Denver Institute of Technology
  • County Commissioner, Converse County
  • Chairman, Converse Hope Center
  • Senior Technical Specialist, Satellite Systems & Solutions, Inc.
  • Customer Representative, Varian, Inc., 2001-2004
  • County Commissioner, Converse County, 2015-present
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Wyoming, 2020

Former Committees/Caucuses

Wyoming County Commissioners Association, Energy and Environment Committee, 2015-present

Wyoming County Commissioners Association, Energy and Environment Committee, 2015-present

Current Legislative Committees

No committee memberships found.

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Denver Institute of Technology
  • County Commissioner, Converse County
  • Chairman, Converse Hope Center
  • Senior Technical Specialist, Satellite Systems & Solutions, Inc.
  • Customer Representative, Varian, Inc., 2001-2004
  • County Commissioner, Converse County, 2015-present
  • Candidate, United States Senate, Wyoming, 2020
  • County Commissioner, Converse County, 2015-present
  • Chairman, Wyoming County Commission Association Committee on Energy and Enviroment
Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Unknown Position

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Yes

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Unknown Position

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position