Party affiliation: Republican

Date of birth: October 17, 1972

Hometown: Raymond

Occupation: President, Robinson Mfg. Co.; real estate and property development

Education: Bachelor’s in industrial engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Community organizations: Past committee member, American Textile Manufactures Institute; former member, Cumberland County Commissioners Redistricting Committee; legislative advisor, Heartland Institute; member, Institute of Industrial Engineers; Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce; Presumpscot Lodge of Masons; corporator, Norway Savings Bank; member, Hebron Academy Board of Advisors.

Personal information (hobbies, etc.):

Family status: Married; two children; two grandchildren

Years in the Legislature: Two

Clean Election candidate?:

Committee assignments: Business, Research and Economic Development; Advisory Committee on Legislative Ethics

1. It is time to provide serious tax relief and invest in job creation. We need to stop the alarming growth of state government and to prioritize funding for critical services. Maine is at a crucial crossroads and now, as much as ever, is the time to send people to Augusta who are committed to spending the Maine people’s tax dollars more wisely.

2. My top priorities are tax relief and job creation. I feel the two go hand in hand. Maine needs a comprehensive plan of tax reduction and job growth incentives. It is time to unburden Maine’s businesses and provide a sound environment for job creation.

3. I support the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Coming from communities with the town meeting form of government, I firmly believe that empowering the voters with the ability to control spending is the basis for our democracy.

4. It is not my intention to go to Augusta to legislate Maine’s morality. As a first term legislator I prided myself in looking at each position issue by issue. Social issues have their place in the forum of public debate, but it is time to put these partisan issues behind us and unite to improve Maine’s economy and provide real tax relief.

5. Creating an entirely new level of state bureaucracy to manage and oversee a job that Blue Cross Blue Shield is doing on a number of levels seems nonsensical. It is clear that the state needs to address the cost of health insurance, but not by creating a program that forces a new tax on private insurance customers.

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