"Bulldog" Ben Robinson | |
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Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 9th district | |
In office 1989–2004 | |
Preceded by | John D. Luton |
Succeeded by | Earl Garrison |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic (until 2022) Independent (2022–present) |
Spouse | Marcia Henley (1955–2019) [1] |
Residence | Muskogee,Oklahoma |
"Bulldog" Ben Robinson is an American politician who served as a member of the Oklahoma Senate between 1989 and 2004. He retired in 2004 due to term limits.
Ben Robinson ran for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 midterm elections.
Robinson was first elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 1988. [2]
Robinson ran for re-election to a second term in 1992. [3]
In 1996,Ben Robinson faced a primary challenge from former state representative John Monks of Muskogee,who had lost his Oklahoma House of Representatives seat two years prior. [4] He defeated Monks in the primary with 64% of the vote. [5] Despite trailing by a large margin,Monks requested a recount. The recount stopped at Monks request after 3 of 36 precincts were recounted,resulting in Robinson gaining three votes. [6]
In the 2000 election Robinson faced Republican Tommy Anderson,a Muskogee School board member. [7] He was re-elected with 16,225 votes to Anderson's 7,550 votes. [8]
Robinson retired in 2004 due to term limits. [9] He endorsed John Edwards in the 2004 Democratic presidential primary. [10]
Robinson left the Democratic Party and filed to run as an Independent for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 midterm elections. [11]