Bob Babbage
Bob Babbage | |
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Babbage in 2021 | |
| 81st Secretary of State of Kentucky | |
| In office January 6, 1992 – January 1, 1996 | |
| Governor | Brereton Jones Paul E. Patton |
| Preceded by | Bremer Ehrler |
| Succeeded by | John Young Brown III |
| Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts | |
| In office January 4, 1988 – January 6, 1992 | |
| Governor | Wallace Wilkinson Brereton Jones |
| Preceded by | Mary Ann Tobin |
| Succeeded by | Ben Chandler |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 8, 1951 |
| Political party | Democratic |
Bob Babbage (born July 8, 1951) is an American public leader, business and civic entrepreneur. Babbage is the leading lobbyist of Babbage Cofounder, a firm specializing in government relations and business strategies for public decisions. He was elected as Kentucky State Auditor and Kentucky Secretary of State.
On the federal level Babbage lobbied for the passage of the PNTR trade modernization with China and the $10.1 billion feature for agriculture in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. Both successes have had local as well as global impact.
Babbage served as Kentucky State Auditor (1988–1992) and Kentucky Secretary of State (1992–1996).