Oakley R. Robins (Republic Town Council Position 5, Washington, candidate 2025)

Oakley R. Robins

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Nonpartisan

Candidate, Republic Town Council Position 5

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 5, 2025

Education

High school

Pinellas Park High School

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Birthplace

Largo, Fla.

Religion

Christian

Profession

Journalist

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Oakley R. Robins ran for election to the Republic Town Council Position 5 in Washington. Robins was on the ballot in the primary on August 5, 2025.^[source]

Robins completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Oakley R. Robins provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2025:

• Birth date: July 17, 2002
• Birth place: Largo, Florida
• High school: Pinellas Park High School
• Gender: Neither/Both
• Religion: Christian
• Profession: Journalist
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: Elect your Friendly Neighborhood Punk!

Elections

General election

General election for Republic Town Council Position 5

Scott Powers and Loni Simone are running in the general election for Republic Town Council Position 5 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Scott Powers (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Loni Simone (Nonpartisan)

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Republic Town Council Position 5

Scott Powers, Oakley R. Robins, and Loni Simone ran in the primary for Republic Town Council Position 5 on August 5, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Scott Powers (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Oakley R. Robins (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Loni Simone (Nonpartisan)

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Oakley R. Robins completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Robins' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Hello! My name is Oakley R. Robins, and I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to introduce myself to you, the voters! I'm a 23 year old working class kid that loves cooking, writing, video games, and getting immersed in nature. Most of all I love my community (and my fur-babies too!), and despite being a fresher face in town, I deeply care about the prosperity and happiness of the people that live here, and that's why I'm running for a spot on your city council, to give YOU a voice in a bright future for our historic golden city.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• The most important aspect to keeping our neighbors staying members of the community is addressing the issue of affordability, especially in regard to affordable housing. We find ourselves in an environment where some have an abundance of prosperity while most of the hardworking families in our community face financial insecurity as a state of life, and this is a fact that just shouldn't be.
• Another issue we face in our community is one that simply does not have to be in a town like ours, and that is food insecurity. Far too often, despite being nestled in an area rich with local agriculture, in the most prosperous nation in the world, families in Republic are facing missed meals and expired food, with the prospect of charity acting as a quick-fix seeming harder and harder to maintain.
• A contributing factor to the issues we face in Republic is evident when you walk down Clarke Avenue, and it's all of the empty buildings and for-sale commercial properties, formerly thriving business, the ghosts of whom still remain, and we can bring this city back to life! We've long been a community where tourism is an integral industry, a source of income, and a point of pride. How we build our tourism economy is to know who we are as a community, to have a sense of identity. We are in need of a reboot to our identity as a city that's quietly become a hub of artists of all sorts, while keeping the memories of our past alive more than ever.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Personally, and admittedly with some skin in the game, I've been involved in effort to ensure that members of our GSRM community not only feel safe to walk down our streets, happily being themselves, but consider themselves included in everything that's important to us. From celebrations, festivals, to the crucial decisions being made for our future, nobody should simply be made to feel left out and voiceless.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Absolutely the most vital element to any public servant is contained within the name. There must be not just a willingness, but an eagerness to aid your neighbors, the members of your community, and not to just help, but to listen, because only through listening to the concerns of voters can the process of solving problems begin.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

The first global event I remember unfolding during my lifetime was the recession back in 2007, and even though I was not old enough then to articulate it, I learned a harrowing lesson about money serving money and the need for human solutions to problems we're facing in our communities. With economic conditions in a similar state, the lesson remains the same: Money won't save us, we are going to save us.

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