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 innovative business strategies for public decisions.
He was elected Kentucky State Auditor and Kentucky Secretary of State.
Babbage Cofounder represents clients and causes on a broad range of public decisions.
The company's successes on the state level include landmark legislation in health care, especially diabetes and chronic health concerns, as well as issues relating to community colleges, manufacturing, energy, bourbon and distilled beverages, financial services, health insurance, technology and biotechnology, aviation, transportation and the Kentucky state budget.
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).