Robert T. Beers (born October 14, 1959) is an American accountant (CPA) and member of the Republican Party.
[3] From 1980-1986, Beers worked for radio broadcasting companies in Reno, Nevada and Las Vegas as News Director.
[4][5] In 1982, while working at KMJJ 1140 AM, he won "Best Miniseries" and "Best Newscast" awards from the Associated Press in the AP's Medium Market California-Nevada-Hawaii division.
[7] He was assigned to the Ways & Means; Commerce & Labor; and Elections, Procedures & Ethics committees of the Assembly.
[8][9][10] In 2003, Beers led a group of legislators in opposition to Governor Kenny Guinn's tax increases, citing concerns that they might damage Nevada's economy.
[11] The following year, Beers was elected to the Nevada Senate, defeating 20-year incumbent Republican Ray Rawson who had supported the increases.
[14][15][16] In 2006, Beers and his supporters gathered over 150,000 signatures to put a Taxpayer Bill of Rights amendment (called TASC for Tax And Spend Control) on the November 2006 general election ballot, which proposed that increases in spending greater than the sum of inflation and population growth require an affirmative vote of citizens.
[26] The next year, Beers ran for Nevada State Treasurer in the 2018 elections but lost to Democrat Zach Conine.