Republican Mark Robinson loses North Carolina governor election to Josh Stein after 'black Nazi' sex scandal

North Carolina's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson failed his bid to go politician aft a bid of scandals plagued his campaign.

Democrat Josh Stein won successful a landslide erstwhile the contention was called connected Tuesday nighttime by ABC News - astatine 58% to 38%.

Robinson was incapable to retrieve aft the latest ungraded revealed that helium shared respective controversial comments connected a pornographic forum called Nude Africa – including calling himself a 'black Nazi' and a 'perv.'

Gov. Roy Cooper, a beloved Democrat successful the state, could not tally for reelection aft serving his 2 consecutive presumption successful office.

Democrats were initially disquieted astir losing the spot to a Republican successful the red-leaning state.

But erstwhile Robinson emerged arsenic the GOP's scandal-ridden candidate, those fears astir instantly dissipated.

The nail-in-the-coffin for Robinson was the CNN study that revealed his crude net activity.

The CNN report, which archetypal aired Sept. 19, said Robinson near statements implicit a decennary agone connected the connection committee successful which, successful part, helium referred to himself arsenic a 'black Nazi,' said helium enjoyed transgender pornography, said helium preferred Hitler to then-President Barack Obama, and slammed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arsenic 'worse than a maggot.'

The web study said it matched details of the relationship connected the connection committee to different online accounts held by Robinson by comparing usernames, a known email code and his afloat name.

CNN reported that details discussed by the relationship holder matched Robinson's age, magnitude of matrimony and different biographical information.

The web besides said it compared figures of code that came up often successful his nationalist Twitter illustration that appeared successful discussions by the relationship connected the pornographic website.

Republicans urged the Lt. Gov. to extremity his bid for politician aft the claims emerged successful mid September, but Robinson denied authoring the messages and comments and refused to let the Party to get successful a antithetic campaigner to instrumentality connected Stein earlier it was excessively late.

He besides often stopped into a enactment shop, according to the allegations. 

A erstwhile enactment store worker besides said that Robinson would bring escaped pizza and archer jokes successful the benignant of '80s comic Andrew 'Dice' Clay.

And now, the right-leaning authorities volition person a Democrat for astatine slightest 4 much years.

Robinson, who if elected would person been the state's archetypal achromatic governor, sued CNN implicit its study astir his online enactment connected the porn forum.

The lawsuit, filed successful Wake County Superior Court, was announced by Robinson astatine a quality league successful Raleigh with a Virginia-based attorney.

Robinson called the study a 'high-tech lynching' connected a campaigner 'who has been targeted from Day 1 by folks who disagree with maine politically and privation to spot maine destroyed.'

About a week aft the archetypal CNN study emerged, astir of Robinson's unit quit.

He was near with lone 2 run spokespersons and a bodyguard near connected his squad by September 23.