Biography
Robert Short is the Republican nominee for Secretary of State. A Converse County commissioner since 2014 and a Douglas businessman, he won the August 18 Republican primary over several candidates including Freedom Caucus chair Rachel Williams. He has raised far more than his opponents, about half of it from loans, per WyoFile.[1][2][3][4]
Robert Short grew up in Glenrock, Wyoming.[2] He took his first job at age 12 on a ranch, went to work in the oil patch at 16, in power-line construction at 17 and in a uranium mine at 18, and stayed there until it closed.[3] Short then studied electrical engineering and computer science, worked in technology, and was recruited into a 20-year career in nuclear science.[2][3]
In 2004 he started businesses in Douglas and Glenrock; his campaign site says he returned to Douglas with his family in 2005 and that the businesses have since grown to span energy, agriculture, retail and tourism and more than 120 jobs.[2][3] Short lives south of Douglas.[3]
Short was first elected to the Converse County Commission in 2014 and has since been re-elected twice.[2][3] He is vice president of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association and has served on several state boards and as an election judge.[2][3] He won the August 18, 2026 Republican primary, and about half of the roughly $430,000 he had raised before it came from loans.[1][4]
- 1.Short, Harshman and Meier take state executive seats in GOP primary · WyoFile · 2026-08-18 News report
- 2.Meet Robert Short · Short for State (campaign) Candidate's own words
- 3.Robert Short — WyoFile Election Guide 2026 (candidate questionnaire) · WyoFile Candidate's own words
- 4.In secretary of state race, Republican candidate Short spends nearly 10 times more than competitors · WyoFile · 2026-08-13 News report
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.