Mark Robinson | |
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| 35th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina | |
| Assumed office January 9, 2021 | |
| Governor | Roy Cooper |
| Preceded by | Dan Forest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mark Keith Robinson August 18, 1968 Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Greensboro (BA) |
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| Website | Official website Campaign website |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Unit | Army Reserve |
Mark Keith Robinson (born August 18, 1968) is an American politician serving as the 35th lieutenant governor of North Carolina since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he is the nominee in the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election. He is North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor and first Black major party nominee for governor.
A lifelong resident of Greensboro, Robinson worked in furniture manufacturing for several years before entering politics. He came to prominence in 2018 when a video of him defending gun rights at a Greensboro City Council meeting in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting went viral. Robinson launched his first political campaign in the 2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election and defeated Democratic state representative Yvonne Lewis Holley. Near the end of his first term, Robinson won the Republican nomination for governor. He will face Democratic state attorney general Josh Stein in the 2024 general election.
Robinson has made many controversial statements prior to and during his political career. During his gubernatorial campaign, Robinson was linked to extreme comments on a Internet forum, but he denied posting the comments and dismissed calls to drop out of the race.[1]