As we gear up for Thursday's primary, Patch wants readers to stay informed as they head to the voting booths. We recently sent out questionnaires to all the Fourth Congressional District candidates (Sharon is part of the Fourth Congressional District). Below are responses from Democratic candidate Herb Robinson:

General Information

Name : Herb Robinson
Also known as : Herb
Age : 60
Place of residence : Newton, Mass.

Education

College

Attended college : Yes
College : Cornell
Degree : BSEE with Distinction
Year of graduation : 1974

Employment Information

Job titles held : Software Engineer/Architect
Employers : Stratus, Self, Honeywell, Incoterm, Transitron

Political Information

Party affiliation : Democrat
Running for a: Federal office
Running for position: US Representative, 4th District
Chamber/district: 4th
Incumbent: No
Previous elective offices : N/A
Unsuccessful bids for elective offices: N/A [Editor's Note: Robinson previously ran for U.S. Senate and dropped out of that race to run for Congress.]

Party HQ

Address 116 Carver Rd
Newton, MA
02461

Campaign Manager

Name : Jon Chalk
Title : Campaign Manager

URLs

Website : http://herbrobinson.us
Twitter : @HerbforCongress
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/herbie.robinson

Other facts

Herb grew up in a small farming town in Update New York and has worked as a farm laborer, masons helper and dish washer before becoming an electrical engineer and embarking on a career doing creative problem solving for private industry.

Sharon Patch will be running profiles on all six Fourth District candidates running in this Thursday's primary:

• Sean Bielat
• Joe Kennedy III
• Elizabeth Childs (coming Wednesday, Sept. 5)
• Rachel Brown (coming Wednesday, Sept. 5)
• David Steinhof (coming Wednesday, Sept. 5)