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==Judicial career==
==Judicial career==
Robinson won a [[special election]] to the 26th district court on October 23, 1999, to fill the seat vacated by [[Harmon Drew, Jr.]], who was instead elected in 1998 to a ten-year term on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]. Then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robinson handily defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves (born October 1954) of Bossier City, 17,749 (60.8 percent) to 11,442 (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/23/1999|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Robinson since switched his registration to [[Independent voter|Independent]].
Robinson won a [[special election]] to the 26th district court on October 23, 1999, to fill the seat vacated by [[Harmon Drew, Jr.]], who was instead elected in 1998 to a ten-year term on the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]]. Then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Robinson handily defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Whitley Robert "Whit" Graves 1954-2024) of Bossier City, 17,749 (60.8 percent) to 11,442 (39.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10231999/10231999_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/23/1999|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Robinson since switched his registration to [[Independent voter|Independent]].
Robinson was elected district judge three months after the death of his wife Cynthia W. "Cindy" Robinson, who succumbed at the age of forty-eight of a brain tumor. Like her husband, she was an LSU graduate and had been a teacher and a [[business]]woman. The couple had two sons, Eric and Kyle Robinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/obits/july992.txt|title=Cynthia W. "Cindy" Robinson|publisher=files.usgwarachives.net|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Judge Robinson subsequently married the former Beth Conrad Langston (born October 1962), a Bossier City attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Beth&qmi=C&qn=Robinson&qcs=Bossier+City%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Beth C. Robinson|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref>
Robinson was elected district judge three months after the death of his wife Cynthia W. "Cindy" Robinson, who succumbed at the age of forty-eight of a brain tumor. Like her husband, she was an LSU graduate and had been a teacher and a [[business]]woman. The couple had two sons, Eric and Kyle Robinson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/caddo/obits/july992.txt|title=Cynthia W. "Cindy" Robinson|publisher=files.usgwarachives.net|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref> Judge Robinson subsequently married the former Beth Conrad Langston (born October 1962), a Bossier City attorney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Beth&qmi=C&qn=Robinson&qcs=Bossier+City%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Beth C. Robinson|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=April 26, 2014}}</ref>