Democrat Josh Stein Beats Embattled Republican Mark Robinson in North Carolina Governor Race

Robinson had described himself as a ‘nazi’ on a porn message board more than a decade ago.

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North Carolina's lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson. AP/Chris Carlson

North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general Josh Stein will be the next governor of the state after beating embattled Republican lieutenant governor Mark Robinson, who trailed Mr. Stein in the polls for months before a CNN report found that he had allegedly written about being a Nazi and liking “tranny porn” on a salacious message board website more than ten years ago. 

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