"Bulldog" Ben Robinson
Oklahoma politician
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"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.
Independent (2022âpresent)
"Bulldog" Ben Robinson | |
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| Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office 1989â2004 | |
| Preceded by | John D. Luton |
| Succeeded by | Earl Garrison |
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| Party | Democratic (until 2022) Independent (2022âpresent) |
| Spouse | Marcia Henley (1955â2019)[1] |
Ben Robinson ran for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 midterm elections.
Career
Oklahoma Senate
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]
2022 Congressional campaign
Robinson left the Democratic Party and filed to run as an Independent for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 midterm elections.[11]