Robin Hayes

Robin Hayes
Chair of the North Carolina Republican Party
In office
April 30, 2016 – June 8, 2019
On leave: April 3, 2019 – June 8, 2019
Preceded byHasan Harnett
Succeeded byMichael Whatley
In office
January 15, 2011 – June 8, 2013
Preceded byTom Fetzer
Succeeded byClaude Pope
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009
Preceded byBill Hefner
Succeeded byLarry Kissell
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 90th district
In office
January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1997
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byRichard Moore
Personal details
Born
Robert Cannon Hayes

(1945-08-14) August 14, 1945 (age 79)
Concord, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseBarbara Hayes
EducationDuke University (BA)

Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes (born August 14, 1945) is an American politician and businessman from North Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, he represented North Carolina's 8th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of North Carolina in 1996. Hayes served as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party from 2011 to 2013, and from 2016 to 2019. Accused in a bribery scheme in 2019, Hayes pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. On January 20, 2021, Hayes was pardoned by President Donald Trump.