Robinson has been an educator for 23 years and is currently a teacher at Benton Elementary School, where she teaches Preschool/Head Start students.
In announcing her candidacy, Robinson said, “Frankfort needs fresh voices and new ideas to move Kentucky forward, and I will be an independent voice for my constituents. As a legislator, I will maintain the same commitment that I keep as a school teacher--to improve the lives of those I serve and prepare the next generation of Kentuckians to succeed.”
The daughter of a Baptist preacher, Robinson moved to Kentucky with her family as a teenager in 1986. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1992 with a Bachelors of Science in Public Relations. She earned a Masters of Arts in Early Childhood Education from the University of Mobile in 1997.
Robinson is an active leader in the Benton Woman’s Club, part of an international women’s organization dedicated to improving communities and enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. She initiated the Club’s effort to bring the Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness walk to Benton in 2008. Now in its eighth consecutive year, this event has raised money to help improve the experience for women receiving mammograms at Marshall County Hospital.
Robinson recently served as the Benton Woman’s Club President for two years and currently serves as its Special Projects Chair. She is also the First District Vice Governor of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs-Kentucky and will assume the role of First District Governor next year.
“I hear from people every day who want their elected leaders to listen to them and make government work for them. Instead, government keeps making our lives more complicated and more costly, and I intend to change that,” Robinson stated. "In my many years in the classroom, I have worked to educate our children. In Frankfort, I will fight for better policies that will allow them to prosper and reach their full potential."
Robinson lives in Benton with her
husband of 18 years, Paul Robinson, who works as a controls engineer
at Arkema chemical company in Calvert City. They have two
children, both attending Marshall County public schools. They attend
First Baptist Church in Benton, and Paula currently volunteers as a
Sunday school teacher there.
The seat is currently held by Democrat Will Coursey.
