Gladys A. Robinson

Gladys Ashe Robinson (born November 17, 1949) is a health services executive and serves as a Democratic State Senator for the 28th district (parts of Guilford County, North Carolina) in the North Carolina General Assembly. She serves as a Deputy Minority Leader and was first elected in 2010.

Education and career Robinson graduated from Bennett College and received her Masters and PhD from North Carolina A&T.

She became the executive director of the Piedmont Health Services and Sickle Cell Agency in 1982.

Political career In 2010, she filed for the Democratic nomination to run for the 28th state Senate district that was occupied at the time by Katie G. Dorsett. Dorsett withdrew on the last day of filing and left Robinson to only face Evelyn W. Miller. Robinson won the nomination with 75% of the vote. She went on to face Republican Trudy Wade and fellow Democrat Bruce Davis (who ran as an unaffiliated candidate to protest Robinson's nomination). Robinson was elected with 47.8% of the vote.

In 2012, Robinson faced a primary challenge from Davis. She won the nomination again 72%–28%. Robinson was unopposed in the general election.

During the 2013–2014 session, she was chosen as Deputy Minority Leader in the Senate.

Personal life Robinson lives in Greensboro and has two daughters. Her husband, Ladison Robinson, died in 2008.