Donald Trump’s campaign declined to comment Thursday on whether North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whom the former president once described as “Martin Luther King on steroids,” should drop out of the battleground state’s race for governor.

North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson denied reports he made racist and lewd internet comments Thursday. Here's what to know about the candidate.

The deadline for a candidate to withdraw is midnight tonight, but Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has vowed to stay in the race.

Here in 2024, polls suggest Black voters in North Carolina remain about 5 points more Democratic-leaning than Black voters nationally. Eighty-three percent of Black voters in North Carolina support Harris, while 78 percent of Black voters nationally do, according to a straight average of crosstabs of Black support in polls conducted since Aug. 19.*

As North Carolina’s Mark Robinson confronts brutal new allegations, the future of his Republican gubernatorial campaign is in doubt.

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has vowed to remain in his race despite a CNN media report about comments it says he made on a website

The political forecasting site Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball has shifted the North Carolina governor’s race toward Democrats amid an unfolding controversy Thursday involving Mark

Also in today’s newsletter, Teamsters opts against presidential endorsement and what the Fed’s rate cut means for the election

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced Thursday that he is staying in the state’s gubernatorial race as the Republican candidate, despite being accused of making antisemitic comments in the past.

A North Carolina trial judge refused on Thursday a Republican Party request that he block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from being able to show a digital identification to comply with a largely new photo ID law.

After dropping out of the race and endorsing Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been fighting in court to remove his name from ballots in several states.