Scandal-plagued Republican Mark Robinson loses North Carolina governor’s race to Democrat Josh Stein

North Carolina voters elevated authorities Attorney General Josh Stein to nan governor’s agency Tuesday, rejecting scandal-plagued Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.

Stein’s received 775,821 votes (51.7%) of nan ballot to Robinson’s 653,335 (43.6%), pinch 25% of nan votes in, nan Associated Press reports.

Stein will win chap Democrat Roy Cooper, who’s served since 2016 and word limited.

Despite this state-level nonaccomplishment for Republicans, North Carolina voters are expected to present nan state’s 16 electoral votes to Donald Trump, bringing him his 3rd triumph successful nan Tar Heel state.

Many Trump voters were expected to divided their ballot and ballot for Stein, arsenic polls showed Robinson didn’t resistance down Trump astatine nan apical of nan ticket.

Republicans hoped Robinson, erstwhile a rising prima successful nan party, would triumph backmost nan executive branch successful North Carolina.

But ungraded dogged nan lieutenant governor’s campaign, culminating successful a bombshell September CNN study exposing his dozens of “gratuitously sexual” and racist remarks connected a pornography forum complete nan people of 16 years.

Revelations from nan posts, written nether nan pseudonym “minisoldr,” included fantasies astir his clip “peeping” connected women successful nationalist showers and declaring himself “a achromatic Nazi.”

He allegedly shared these creepy thoughts connected nan connection committee of porn tract Nude Africa from 2008 to 2012.

“Slavery is not bad. Some group request to beryllium slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would surely bargain a few,” a 2010 station said.

Before those posts were discovered, respective labor astatine a Greensboro porn-video shop told a section news outlet Robinson was a regular client of nan constitution successful nan 1990s and early 2000s.

Robinson, whose governmental personality is built connected staunch societal conservatism and predominant references to his travel of religion arsenic a Christian, continues to contradict each allegations.