Richard H. Robinson (born May 17, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American politician from California and a member of the Democratic Party.

A veteran of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War era, Robinson was director of Operation Drug Prevention of Orange County when he ran for California State Assembly in 1974.

He defeated 6-term incumbent John Quimby in the Democratic primary and then went on to easily beat his Republican opponent, University of Southern California football and NFL veteran Marlin McKeever.

[3] This prompted Robinson to abandon reelection in 1986 and instead run for congress against Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Santa Ana), who had ousted Democratic incumbent Jerry M. Patterson two years earlier.

[4] Meanwhile, Longshore won Robinson's now open assembly seat, defeating Democratic Santa Ana mayor Daniel E. Griset by more than 10 points.