district religion party preceded state_house footnotes birth_date term_start residence image article_title name occupation alma_mater
87th presbyterian republican edgar v. starnes north carolina -lsb- http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/6027/george-robinson#.vmu5sawa6kw project vote smart biography -rsb- 15 november 1945 feb. 2 , 2015 cedar rock , north carolina gsrobinson.jpg george s. robinson
 george robinson lumber company executive university of tennessee
george s. robinson

george s. robinson is a north carolina republican politician who served in the north carolina house of representatives from 1980 -- 86 and 1988-96 and was selected by caldwell county party leaders in 2015 to return to the legislature to fill an unexpired term .
through at least 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 .
robinson , a native of lenoir , north carolina , is a veteran of the united states air force and an alumnus of the university of tennessee .
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 .
robinson was also an unsuccessful candidate for the north carolina senate in 2004 -lrb- losing to jim jacumin in a republican primary election -rrb- and in 2012 -lrb- losing to dan soucek in a republican primary election -rrb- .
