Democrats seize on new Mark Robinson scandal to boost down-ballot prospects in N.C.
Democrats are preparing to ramp up efforts to tie Republicans up and down the ballot in North Carolina to Mark Robinson following a report that the GOP gubernatorial candidate made inflammatory comments on the message board of a pornography website.
Democrats are preparing to ramp up efforts to tie Republicans up and down the ballot in North Carolina to Mark Robinson following a report that the GOP gubernatorial candidate made inflammatory comments on the message board of a pornography website.
National and state Democratic groups were already making Robinson the centerpiece of their strategy in down-ballot races in the state amid an expanding list of incendiary remarks he's made over the years. But the fallout from CNN's latest report has only added fuel to that fire.
Outside of North Carolina's importance at the presidential and gubernatorial levels, Democrats are also aiming to win enough legislative seats to eliminate the supermajority that Republicans in the state Legislature have enjoyed for much of the last two years.
Republicans have used that power to override vetoes from outgoing Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on conservative legislation dealing with abortion, election and LGBTQ policy.
While there is no path for Democrats to flip the state House or Senate in North Carolina this year, they need to just flip one seat in either chamber to break up the GOP's supermajority, which would serve as a major boon to Democrat Josh Stein if he goes on to defeat Robinson in the governor's race.
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