(Reuters) - Democrat Josh Stein won the North Carolina governor's race on Tuesday, Fox News projected, defeating Republican Mark Robinson, whose candidacy imploded following a CNN report that he had called himself a "Black Nazi" and made other offensive ...

The closely-watched North Carolina gubernatorial election between Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein and Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has ended in a victory for Stein, Fox News and ABC.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), an anti-LGBTQ+ politician who allegedly called himself a “Black Nazi” and a “perv” for transgender pornograph y, has lost his race to become his state’s next governor, Fox News reported. He was largely expected to lose to his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Josh Stein.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein (D) will become the next governor of the state, defeating controversial Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), Decision Desk HQ projects. Stein’s win does not come as a surprise.

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.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, a Democrat, and Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sought the governorship after Roy Cooper was term-limited.