Republican Mark Robinson, beset by scandals, lost the North Carolina race for Governor to Democrat Josh Stein.

Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein will win North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign struggled as his history of incendiary remarks became public.

Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for North Carolina governor, recently lost the race to Democrat Josh Stein, partly due to the backlash over disturbing comments he made on a pornography site deca