Jack E. Robinson
| Jack E. Robinson III | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 12, 1960 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Brown University Harvard University |
| Political party |
Republican (Before 2013) Independent (2013–present) |
Jack E. Robinson III (born May 12, 1960) is a former Republican politician from Massachusetts. He ran for the United States Senate in 2000 against Ted Kennedy (Democratic) and Carla Howell (Libertarian), losing to Kennedy. He ran for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 2002, losing to William F. Galvin, and for US House of Representatives in Massachusetts's 9th district in 2006, losing to Stephen Lynch. In 2009, he ran against Scott Brown in the Republican primaries for the special election to fill Ted Kennedy's Senate seat, but lost to Brown in the primary.
Robinson grew up in the Roxbury section of Boston, in a family that was involved with the Republican party going back six generations.
In 1975, he appeared as an extra in the film Jaws.
He attended Brown University as an undergrad, and received law and business degrees from Harvard. After graduating he worked as an executive for Eastern Airlines and left to start his own cell phone company.
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