Robert Cannon "Robin" Hayes (born August 14, 1945) is an American politician and businessman from North Carolina.

He was elected to the Concord city council in 1978 and to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1992 where he served two terms.

In its place, it added a heavily Democratic tendril in Mecklenburg County to the 8th, stretching from the far northeastern portion of Charlotte almost to Matthews.

[5] In 2006, however, Hayes was nearly defeated by Democrat Larry Kissell, a social studies teacher and former textile worker from Montgomery County.

He then accused Obama of "inciting class warfare" and said that "liberals hate real Americans that work and accomplish and achieve and believe in God.

In the weeks before the vote, Hayes stated that he was "flat-out, completely, horizontally opposed to CAFTA" because he felt it would cause further loss of textile industry jobs in his district.

Though Hayes had said "We're a definite 'no' until we get some help on textiles," he was lobbied hard by the White House and congressional leadership to vote for the measure.

[16] In October 2007, it was revealed that House Homeland Security officials were "advised" to take vaccines before attending a NASCAR race in Concord, North Carolina.

Hayes "took umbrage" when he heard about it and immediately defended the Charlotte Motor Speedway in his district and NASCAR fans nationwide.

[19] In 2016, state Republicans removed their chairman, Hasan Harnett, and elected Hayes to return to the position.

[20][21] On March 18, 2019, a federal grand jury in the Western District of North Carolina indicted Hayes on charges of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, wire fraud, bribery, and three counts of making false statements to federal authorities.

[27] At their annual convention in June, North Carolina Republican Party members elected a new chairman, Michael Whatley.