Robert Bacon (Iowa politician)
Robert P. "Rob" Bacon (born 1955)[3] is a Republican politician and legislator from the state of Iowa. He was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2012 to represent the 48th district.[4] He was previously elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010 to represent District 5, which serves Wright, Hamilton, and Story Counties.[5][6] Bacon was born in Chicago[7] and his hometown is Maxwell, Iowa.
Robert Bacon | |
|---|---|
 84th General Assembly portrait (2011) | |
| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 48th[1] district | |
| Assumed office January 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Chip Baltimore |
| Member of the Iowa Senate from the 5th[2] district | |
| In office January 10, 2011 – January 13, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Rich Olive |
| Succeeded by | Daryl Beall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 (age 64–65) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Occupation | Funeral director, Legislator |
| Website | legis.iowa.gov/... |
Current legislative committees
Bacon has been a member of the following legislative committees:
- Economic Growth/Rebuild Iowa, Member
- Human Resources, Member
- Local Government, Member
- Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Joint Appropriations), Member
- Veterans Affairs, Member[8]
Political experience
Bacon has had the following political experience:
- Representative, Iowa State House of Representatives, 2013–present
- Senator, Iowa State Senate, 2011–2013
- City Council member, Freemont
- City Council member, Maxwell[8]
Professional experience
Bacon is a licensed funeral director, and has been managing funeral homes since 1983.[6][9] He is the owner of Bacon Funeral Homes.[8]
Personal life
Bacon's wife is Carol. They have four children.[8]
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gollark: I don't know *that* much. It just seems like it might require a lot of routing table entries on every node to work.
gollark: Based on skimming the disaster radio routing protocol bit, it doesn't really have any defenses against malicious devices fiddling with routing, and may scale poorly (not sure exactly how the routing tables work).
gollark: Not the hardwarey/RF stuff, more like how you can efficiently do routing (even in the face of possibly malicious devices connected) and whatnot.
gollark: Right now mesh networking is still quite early in its life and I don't think many of the problems have been worked out entirely yet.
References
- "Historical Information: House District 48". Iowa Legislature. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- "Historical Information: Senate District 5". Iowa Legislature. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- "Rob Bacon". Iowa Legislature. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- Agency, Iowa Legislative Services. "State Representative". www.legis.iowa.gov.
- "Iowa State Legislature".
- "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart.
- "Page not found". www.baconfuneralhomes.com.
- "Senator Robert Bacon's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved October 19, 2012.
- "Robert Bacon – Iowa Senate".
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