Barry Short

Barry Short
Vice Chair Libertarian Party of Utah
April 2017—present
Personal Details
Birth:	August 19, 1955 Pomona, California
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Barry Evan Short (b. August 19, 1955, Pomona CA) is a Libertarian political activist from Cedar City, UT. In April of 2017 he was elected to a two-year term as Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of Utah. He had previously served as Communications Director of the state party on an intermittent basis.

Electoral history

2010: Candidate for Utah House of Representatives, District 72. Short received 1450 votes, 16.4%, to incumbent Evan Vickers' 7356.

2012: Candidate for Utah House of Representatives, District 72. Short received 1786 votes, 14.6%.

2014: Candidate for Utah House of Representatives, District 72. Short received 990 votes, 15.8%, to incumbent John Westwood's 5210 and independent write-in Linda Lou Allen's 50.

2016: Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Utah, on a ticket with candidate for Governor Brian E. Kamerath. The ticket received 34,827 votes, 3.1% of the total cast, the highest percentage and gross vote for a Libertarian ticket in Utah. By exceeding the 2% threshold this assured the UTLP ballot access through the 2020 election cycle.