Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson lost to Democrat Josh Stein in the North Carolina gubernatorial race.

North Carolina voters on Tuesday elevated state Attorney General Josh Stein to the governor’s office, rejecting scandal-plagued Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson.

According to the Associated Press report, Stein received 775,821 votes (51.7%), while Robinson received 653,335 votes (43.6%), a share of 25%.

Stein replaces fellow Democrat Roy Cooper, who has served since 2016 and is term limited.

Despite this state-level defeat for Republicans, North Carolina voters are expected to give the state’s 16 electoral votes to Donald Trump, giving him his third victory in the Tar Heel State.

Many Trump voters were expected to split their ballots and vote for Stein, as polls showed Robinson Didn’t drag Trump down to the top of the ticket,

Republicans hoped that Robinson, once a rising star in the party, would win back the executive branch in North Carolina.

But the scandal disrupted the lieutenant governor’s campaign, culminating in a September CNN report that exposed him. Dozens of “gratuitously sexual” and racist comments On a pornography platform over the course of 16 years.

Revelations from posts written under the pseudonym “Minisoldier” included fantasies of “peeping” on women at public gatherings and declaring himself “a black Nazi”.

He allegedly shared these creepy thoughts on the message boards of the porn site Nude Africa from 2008 to 2012.

“Slavery is not a bad thing. Some people need to become slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I’ll definitely be buying some,” a 2010 post said.

Before those posts were discovered, several employees of a Greensboro porn-video store A local news outlet was told that Robinson was a regular customer. Established in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Robinson, whose political identity is built on staunch social conservatism and frequent mention of his faith journey as a Christian, has denied all allegations.