Robert "Bob" Bacon is a retired educator and Democratic politician from Fort Collins, Colorado. Bacon served as a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 14th District from 2005 to 2013. Bacon also served in the Colorado State House from 1997 to 2003. Prior to that he was twice elected to the Poudre School District Board of Education, serving from 1991 to 1999. Bacon Elementary School is named in his honor.