Robin Hayes (North Carolina)
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| Robin Hayes | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of North Carolina |
| Role: | Former chair |
| Education: | Duke University |
| Website: | Official website |
Robert C. "Robin" Hayes is a former chair of the Republican Party of North Carolina (NCGOP). He served as the NCGOP chair from 2011 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2019.
On April 3, 2019, Hayes announced he was giving up operational control of the state's GOP following allegations of attempted bribery. He also said he would not seek re-election as chair in June 2019.[1]
Hayes served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1992 to 1996 and in the U.S. House of Representatives representing North Carolina's 8th Congressional District from 1998 to 2009.
Career
Hayes earned a B.A. in history from Duke University in 1967. He completed a teaching fellowship at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in 1997.[2][3][4]
Hayes formerly owned and operated the Mount Pleasant Hosiery Mill in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, and served as the president of Central Motor Lines. He is the president of the Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trusts as well as the director and vice president of the Cannon Foundation. Both organizations are charitable affiliates of the Cannon Mills Company, which was founded by Hayes' grandfather, Charles A. Cannon, during the 1920s. Hayes is also a licensed highway contractor and commercial pilot.[2][5]
Political activity
Hayes served on the Concord, North Carolina, Board of Aldermen from 1978 to 1981. He later served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1992 to 1997 and held the position of majority whip from 1995 to 1996. Following his tenure in the state legislature, Hayes unsuccessfully campaigned as North Carolina's Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1996. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to represent North Carolina's 8th Congressional District in 1998 and served through 2009.[3][6]
Hayes served as chair of the Republican Party of North Carolina (NCGOP) from 2011 through 2013. Under his leadership during the 2012 elections, Republicans gained a supermajority in the North Carolina House of Representatives, expanded a supermajority in the North Carolina State Senate, gained three congressional seats and control of the governor's office. He was re-elected as chair of the NCGOP on April 30, 2016, with 72 percent of the vote following the removal of former NCGOP chair Hasan Harnett. Hayes served the remainder of Harnett's two-year term through the NCGOP's 2017 state convention.[7][8][9][10]
Community service
Hayes serves on the board of directors of the United Service Organizations (USO) of North Carolina, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, and the J. Dennis Hastert Center at Wheaton College. He previously served as chair of the Cabarrus County Drug Task Force, the Prison Fellowship of North Carolina, and as a member of the Governor's Council on Drug Abuse.[2][11]
Noteworthy events
Sentenced to probation on charge of lying to the FBI (2020)
On March 18, 2019, prosecutors with the Western District of North Carolina filed a sealed indictment against Hayes and three others. All four were charged with one count each of wire fraud and bribery. Hayes was also charged with three counts of making false statements.[12]
The indictment accused the four of conspiring to bribe state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey (R) for the benefit of Global Bankers Insurance Group, which is owned by another one of the persons charged. The indictment states that the four attempted to send Causey campaign contributions in exchange for official action favorable to the company, including the firing of the deputy insurance commissioner who had been overseeing their operations. Causey, who prosecutors said alerted law enforcement as soon as he suspected wrongdoing, was not charged in the indictment.[13][14]
In a press release issued shortly after the indictment's unsealing on April 2, 2019, the Republican Party of North Carolina said that it "has been cooperating with the investigation for several months, including staff members providing statements and responding to various document requests."[15]
On May 31, 2019, U.S. District Judge Max Coburn scheduled the trial for the court's September term and invited the defense to propose a specific date.[16]
Hayes pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the FBI on October 2, 2019.[17]
Hayes was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $9,500 fine on August 19, 2020.[18] Hayes' defense team submitted a request that he serve probation ahead of the hearing, citing his record of public service and his personal character. The memo also argued that Hayes' age—75 at the time of sentencing—would place him at unacceptable risk given the coronavirus pandemic.[19]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Robin Hayes | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC Delegate |
| State: | North Carolina |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Hayes was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Carolina.[20] In the North Carolina Republican primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 29 delegates, Ted Cruz won 27 delegates, John Kasich won nine, and Marco Rubio won six. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Hayes was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how North Carolina’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[21]
Delegate rules
Delegates from North Carolina to the Republican National Convention were elected at congressional district conventions and the state convention in May. Delegates from North Carolina were required by state party rules to declare themselves in public "as a representative of a Candidate on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot" prior to their election as a delegate. At-large delegates were required to list their top three presidential candidates in order of preference and indicate whether they would be willing to commit to a candidate whom they do not personally favor.
North Carolina primary results
| North Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
40.2% | 462,413 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.8% | 422,621 | 27 | |
| John Kasich | 12.7% | 145,659 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 7.7% | 88,907 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 1% | 11,019 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 3,893 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 3,071 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,753 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,256 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 929 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 663 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 265 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.5% | 6,081 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,149,530 | 72 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and North Carolina Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
North Carolina had 72 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 39 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 13 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally according to the statewide vote.[22][23]
Of the remaining 33 delegates, 30 served at large. North Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis according to the statewide primary vote. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[22][23]
Top influencers by state
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Time, "North Carolina's Republican Party Chairman Steps Down After Bribery Charges," April 3, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pfeiffer University, "Robin Hayes, chairman, North Carolina Republican Party, to deliver keynote address at Pfeiffer University for Fall Convocation," accessed May 11, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Robin Hayes," accessed May 11, 2016
- ↑ Star-News, "Robin Hayes will teach at Harvard," January 18, 1997
- ↑ Cannon Charitable Interests, "Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trusts," accessed May 12, 2016
- ↑ Congressional Digest, "Honorable Robin Hayes," February 2003
- ↑ The News and Observer, "Hasan Harnett says he’s still the NC Republican Party’s chairman," May 7, 2016
- ↑ Jones and Blount, "New N.C. GOP Chairman Robin Hayes addresses media," May 4, 2016
- ↑ The Times-News, "State GOP removes chairman, installs Robin Hayes to the position," April 20, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of North Carolina, "Grassroots Republicans elect former congressman and party chair as NCGOP chairman," accessed May 12, 2016
- ↑ Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, "Robin Hayes," accessed May 11, 2016
- ↑ National Public Radio, "North Carolina GOP Chair Indicted On Wire Fraud, Bribery Charges," April 2, 2019
- ↑ The Washington Post, "North Carolina GOP chairman indicted in campaign finance bribery scheme," April 2, 2019
- ↑ U.S. Department of Justice, "U.S. vs. Lindberg, et. al.," March 18, 2019
- ↑ North Carolina Republican Party, "North Carolina Republican Party Statement Regarding Indictment Of Lindberg And Associates," April 2, 2019
- ↑ WRAL, "Lindberg trial pushed to September," May 31, 2019
- ↑ WFAE, "Former NC GOP Chairman Robin Hayes Pleads Guilty To Lying to FBI," October 2, 2019
- ↑ ABC 6, "Ex-North Carolina Rep. Hayes gets probation for lying to FBI," August 19, 2020
- ↑ WCNC, "Former N.C. GOP Chairman Robin Hayes requests probation ahead of sentencing hearing," August 6, 2020
- ↑ NC GOP, "ICYMI: NCGOP 2016 State Convention Recap," accessed June 16, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
