{{short description|American politician}} {{About|the former Democratic representative from Delaware|the Republican representative|Daniel Short}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bryon Short | image = | state_house = Delaware | district = 7th | term_start = November 8, 2006 | term_end = November 7, 2018 | predecessor = Wayne Smith | successor = Ray Seigfried | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|7}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Salisbury University | profession = | website = }}
'''Bryon H. Short''' (born March 7, 1966) is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2006 to 2018.<ref name="DL">{{cite web |url= https://legis.delaware.gov/legislature.nsf/52087754ec8b9261852569c10055df42/13f61c2c3e5739c0852569d800535def |title= Representative Bryon H. Short |publisher= Delaware General Assembly |location= Dover, Delaware |access-date= November 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/71370 |title= Representative Bryon Short's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= November 7, 2013}}</ref> Short earned a BA in psychology from Salisbury University.
==Electoral history== *2007 When Republican Representative Wayne Smith resigned and left the District 7 seat open, Short won the April 2007 Special election. *2008 Short won the September 9, 2008 Democratic Primary and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 6,281 votes (58.6%) against Republican nominee James Bowers.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect08/elect08_general_election/html/elect08_gen_office.shtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090115215657/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect08/elect08_general_election/html/elect08_gen_office.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= January 15, 2009 |title= State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date= November 4, 2008 |publisher= Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location= Dover, Delaware |accessdate= November 7, 2013}}</ref> *2010 Short was unopposed for the September 17, 2010 Democratic Primary and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election with 4,983 votes (56.9%) against Republican nominee Judith Travis and Scott Gesty (who had qualified and received votes as both the Independent Party of Delaware and Libertarian candidate).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect10/elect10_General/html/election.shtml |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120715003144/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect10/elect10_General/html/election.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 15, 2012 |title= State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date= November 2, 2010 |publisher= Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location= Dover, Delaware |accessdate= November 7, 2013}}</ref> *2012 Short was unopposed for the September 11, 2012 Democratic Primary and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 7,280 votes (68.2%) against Republican nominee Daniel Lepre and Libertarian candidate C. Robert Wilson.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121213104254/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 13, 2012 |title= State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date= November 6, 2012 |publisher= Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location= Dover, Delaware |accessdate= November 7, 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://legis.delaware.gov/legislature.nsf/52087754ec8b9261852569c10055df42/13f61c2c3e5739c0852569d800535def Official page] at the Delaware General Assembly *[http://www.bryonshort.com/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=71370 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the {{CongLinks}} template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Bryon_Short Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=9053 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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