Increasingly and by the slimmest margin, flipping battleground North Carolina from Republican to Democrat in electoral college votes is remaining a significant challenge for Vice President

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson vowed on Thursday to remain in his race in advance of what he called the release of a media report against him, saying he won't be forced out by "salacious tabloid lies."

Michele Morrow, the GOP nominee for North Carolina’s Superintendent of Public Instruction made the false statement on X.

Three samplings in battleground North Carolina have been initiated since last week’s presidential debate, and Republican former President Donald Trump has led Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in each.

Of all seven swing states surveyed in the CBS 17/Emerson College/The Hill poll, North Carolina was the only state to have the presidential race pivot from red to blue since late August.

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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.

As the rain fell on a already soaked, but excited estimated crowd of over 2,500 in Asheville, Tim Walz turned to focus on the state governor's 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.*

Trump endorsed Mark Robinson ahead of the Republican gubernatorial primary earlier this year, calling him 'Martin Luther King on steroids.'

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