George S. Robinson Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Representative
George Robinson
Office:Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Term Start:February 2, 2015
Term End:January 1, 2017
Predecessor:Edgar Starnes
Successor:Destin Hall
Constituency:87th District
Term Start1:January 1, 1989
Term End1:January 1, 1997
Predecessor1:James Franklin Hughes
Edgar Starnes
Successor1:Edgar Starnes
Constituency1:46th District (1989-1993)
91st District (1993-1997)
Term Start2:January 1, 1981
Term End2:January 1, 1987
Predecessor2:Eugene Morrison White
Successor2:Edgar Starnes
Constituency2:34th District (1981-1983)
46th District (1983-1987)
Birth Date:November 15, 1945
Party:Republican
Residence:Cedar Rock, North Carolina
Alma Mater:University of Tennessee
Occupation:Lumber company executive
Footnotes:Project Vote Smart Biography

George S. Robinson is a North Carolina Republican politician who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1980–86 and 1988-96[1] and was selected by Caldwell County party leaders in 2015 to return to the legislature to fill an unexpired term.[2] Through the end of 2016, Robinson will fill the 87th District seat vacated by Edgar Starnes, who resigned to accept a position with the North Carolina State Treasurer's office.[3] Robinson ran for a new full term but was defeated by Destin Hall in the March 15, 2016 Republican primary.[4]

Robinson, a native of Lenoir, North Carolina, is a veteran of the United States Air Force and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee.[5]

After Robinson served his first three terms, he gave up his seat to run for the United States House of Representatives, but was defeated by Cass Ballenger in a Republican primary election. Robinson then served as deputy assistant secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation under Governor James G. Martin. He returned to the legislature in the 1988 election and was re-elected in 1990, 1992 and 1994. Concerns about his family’s timber company’s financial situation made him decide not to run for re-election in 1996. In 1997, he became mayor of the village of Cedar Rock, North Carolina.[6]

Robinson was also an unsuccessful candidate for the North Carolina Senate in 2004 (losing to Jim Jacumin in a Republican primary election) and in 2012 (losing to Dan Soucek in a Republican primary election).[7] [8] [9] [10]

Recent electoral history

2004

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lenoir News-Topic . January 30, 2015 . https://archive.today/20150130173627/http://www.newstopic.net/news/local/x2130548602/George-Robinson-chosen-to-replace-Starnes-in-NC-House . January 30, 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: North Carolina General Assembly official site . February 3, 2015 . August 25, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170825143128/http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=House&nUserID=701 . dead .
  3. http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/robinson-back-to-raleigh/article_138070e8-a889-11e4-b161-1f5b581656f2.html Hickory Daily Record
  4. http://er.ncsbe.gov/?election_dt=03/15/2016&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=0 State Board of Elections
  5. https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman19891990nort North Carolina Manual, 1989, p. 424
  6. http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/former-state-representative-wants-back-in-the-ring/article_1dfaedfc-a67a-11e4-ae32-cfd4f3243469.html Hickory Daily Record
  7. Web site: Our Campaigns - NC State Senate 44 - R Primary Race - Jul 20, 2004.
  8. Web site: Our Campaigns - NC State Senate 45- R Primary Race - May 08, 2012.
  9. http://www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/Elections/Election-Results-Display?ED1=07xx20xx2004&EL1=PRIMARY&YR1=2004&CR1=A State Board of Elections: 2004 primary results
  10. http://www.ncsbe.gov/ncsbe/Elections/Election-Results-Display?ED1=05xx08xx2012&EL1=PRIMARY&YR1=2012&CR1=A State Board of Elections: 2012 primary results