Sam Robb

Samuel Joseph Robb is an American software engineer, author, and presidential candidate. He is currently running for president in the 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries.
Career
Robb earned a BS in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at Carnegie Mellon University in 1991. Upon graduating college, he spent four years as a US Naval Officer in Southern California until moving back to his home town of Pittsburgh to pursue a career as a software developer for startup companies. In 1998, Robb co-founded Geek Night in Pittsburgh which was a popular tech industry networking event that drew in sponsorship from companies like Google and Sun Microsystems. He is also the author of "My Dad Tweets Me Right" which is a collection of 1,001 dad jokes in 160 characters or less.
Sam Robb is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft and is also a Sunday school teacher at Harvest Baptist Church in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania.
2020 presidential campaign
Robb filed with the FEC in April 2019 to run for the office of President of the United States as a Libertarian in the 2020 election. He supports decreasing the size and scope of the Federal government, eliminating taxes on Americans that do not own businesses and small businesses, and immigration and naturalization reform. He has participated in the
November 9, 2019 Olean Libertarian debate, the January 11, 2020 Libertarian Party of New Hampshire debate, and the January 18, 2020 Libertarian Party of Georgia debate. Robb received just over 5% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary and 2.48% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Robb’s campaign shifted focus from more traditional campaigning to online “town halls”.

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