{{short description|American politician (born 1935)}} {{Other people|Bob Bacon|Robert Bacon (disambiguation)|named=called}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bob Bacon | image = COLeg-BobBacon.JPG | state_senate = Colorado | state = Colorado | district = 14th | term_start = {{start date|2005|01}} | term_end = {{end date|2013|01}} | preceded = Peggy Reeves | succeeded = John Kefalas | state_house2 = Colorado | district2 = 53rd | term_start2 = {{start date|1997|01}} | term_end2 = {{end date|2003|01}} | predecessor2 = Peggy Reeves | successor2 = Angie Paccione | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|07|14}} | birth_place = Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Beverly Bacon | children = 3 | profession = Educator, retired | alma_mater = Illinois State University (BS)<br/>University of Northern Colorado (MA) | party = Democratic }}
'''Robert Bacon''' is a retired educator and Democratic politician from Fort Collins, Colorado. Bacon served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 14th district from 2005 to 2013. Bacon also served in the Colorado State House from 1997 to 2003. Prior to that, he was elected twice to the Poudre School District Board of Education, serving from 1991 to 1999.<ref name="ballotpedia.org">{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Bob_Bacon|title = Bob Bacon |website=Ballotpedia |access-date=2024-07-04}}</ref> Bacon Elementary School is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bac.psdschools.org/about-us |website=Bacon Elementary School |publisher=Poudre School District |title=About Us}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Born in Galesburg, Illinois, Bacon earned a B.S. in social sciences at Illinois State University in 1957, and taught high school in Illinois before moving to Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1959. He received a master's degree in history from University of Northern Colorado in 1961<ref name="Collegian04">{{cite news |first=Brian |last=Park |title=Bacon addresses health care, higher ed |work=The Rocky Mountain Collegian |date=2004-10-25 |url=http://www.collegian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=6c6c6519-80de-4ce8-a09d-bb6e478c30af |accessdate=2007-03-20 |archive-date=2016-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408180651/http://archives.collegian.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> while teaching in Poudre School District, where he remained until 1991, when he took a post at Front Range Community College for four years and then retiring.<ref name="Collegian04"/> With his wife Beverly, Bacon has three grown children. In southeast Fort Collins, he was honored with the naming of Bacon Elementary School.
Bob Bacon was a teacher from 1957 to 1996.<ref name=Bob />
==Political history==
Bacon was a director and board member for Poudre School District Board of Education from 1991 to 1999.
After retiring from the Poudre School District, Bacon was twice elected as a director to the Poudre School District Board of Education, serving from 1991 to 1999. He was then elected to the State House 53rd District in 1996, where he represented western Fort Collins, and rose to the post of Assistant Minority Leader.
Bacon was elected to his first term in the State Senate in 2004, defeating Republican Ray Martinez, a former Fort Collins mayor, and Libertarian Mark Brophy. In 2008, Bacon defeated Republican Matt Fries to win reelection. <ref name="ballotpedia.org"/><ref name="larelect">{{cite web |url=http://www.co.larimer.co.us/elections/elections_tab.htm |title=Election Information |accessdate=2007-03-14 |author=Larimer County, Colorado |work=Larimer County Virtual Courthouse |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204090734/http://www.co.larimer.co.us/elections/elections_tab.htm |archivedate=2007-02-04 }}</ref>
Bob Bacon has had the following political experience:
*Senator, Colorado State Senate, 2004–2012 *Assistant Minority Leader, Colorado State House of Representatives, 1999-2000 *Representative, Colorado State House of Representatives, 1997-2004 *Director/Board Member, Poudre School District Board of Education, 1991-1999<ref name=Bob>{{cite web|title=Senator Bob L. Bacon's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/12543/bob-bacon|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=14 December 2012}}</ref>
==Senate committee assignments== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=July 2024}}
=== 2011-2012 ===
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bacon served on these committees: * Appropriations Committee, Colorado State Senate * Capital Development Committee, Colorado General Assembly, Vice Chair * Education Committee, Colorado State Senate, Chair * State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, Colorado State Senate, Vice Chair
=== 2009-2010 === * In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Bacon served on these committees: * Appropriations Committee, Colorado Senate * Education Committee, Colorado Senate * State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee, Colorado Senate
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [http://bobbacon.org/ Senator Bob Bacon] '''official website''' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615045403/http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/senate/members/sen14.htm State Senator Bob Bacon] '''official government site''' *''Follow the Money'' - Bob Bacon **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20066&c=426160 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20046&c=411067 2004] Senate campaign contributions **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20026&c=21945 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=20006&c=347440 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=19986&c=347062 1998] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=19966&c=346768 1996] House campaign contributions
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