Robin Hayes

Robin Hayes
Chairperson of the North Carolina Republican Party
In office January 15, 2011 – June 8, 2013
Preceded by	Tom Fetzer
Succeeded by	Claude Pope
In office April 30, 2016 – present
Preceded by	Hasan Harnett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 8th district
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Bill Hefner
Succeeded by	Larry Kissell
Personal details
Born	Robert Cannon Hayes (1945-08-14) August 14, 1945 (age 71) Concord, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Barbara Hayes
Alma mater	Duke University
Religion	Presbyterian

Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes (born August 14, 1945) is a politician and businessman, who 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. He served as chairman of the North Carolina Republican Party from 2011 to 2013, and again starting on April 30, 2016.

Hayes was born in Concord, North Carolina to Mariam Winslow (née Cannon) and Robert Griffith Hayes, Jr. His great-grandfather James William Cannon founded the Cannon Mills Corporation, a Kannapolis-based textile company that was later run by his grandfather Charles Albert Cannon. He is also a descendent of Abraham Owen, a military officer killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Hayes graduated from Duke University. He was elected to the Concord city council in 1978 and to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1992 where he served two terms. He was the Republican nominee for governor in 1996, but was handily defeated by Democratic incumbent Jim Hunt. Hayes owns a hosiery mill in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina.

Hayes ran for Congress in 1998 after 12-term incumbent Democrat Bill Hefner announced his retirement. He narrowly defeated Democrat Mike Taylor, winning 51%-48% with a gap of only 3,400 votes. In 2000, he defeated Taylor in a rematch 55%-44%.

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