Robert Charles McDermott (born August 5, 1963)[1] is an American politician and Republican former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives who served from 1996 to 2002 and 2012 to 2022.

He returned to the Hawaii House of Representatives in 2012 before leaving state office in 2022 to run as the Republican nominee for U.S.

McDermott is a 1981 graduate of Upper Perkiomen High School in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania.

[4] In July 2022, McDermott said he was the first elected official to call for closure of the U.S. military's Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility, which he identified as the biggest issue facing Hawaii.

He has criticized Hawaii's congressional delegation for slowness to take action, saying he would have done so safely within a year and a half.