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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson becomes the only Black nominee for governor in North Carolina history from either major party, by winning the GOP primary against Dale Folwell and Bill Graham.

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Republicans haven't occupied North Carolina's governor's mansion since 2016. They're hoping 2024 will be their year to win it back with one of the three candidates GOP voters will find this year on their primary ballot. 

WERE CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING, CHILD ABUSE AND OTHER CHARGES. TUESDAY IS ELECTION DAY IN THE 2024 PRIMARY AND 3 CONTENDERS ARE COMPETING FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR WRAL, CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE. >> HAS AN INTRODUCTION NOW IN THESE 3 CANDIDATES YOU WILL SEE ON THE GOP BALLOT. >> REPUBLICANS HAVE NOT OCCUPIED NORTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR'S MANSION SAYS 2016. THEY'RE HOPING 2024 WILL BE THE YEAR. THEY WIN IT BACK OF THE 3 REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR DEAL. FALWELL HAS BEEN IN STATE GOVERNMENT, THE LONGEST. HE'S WON 2 STATEWIDE RACES FOR STATE TREASURER BEFORE THAT, HE SERVED 4 TERMS IN THE STATE HOUSE. FALWELL CURRENTLY OVERSEES THE STATE HEALTH PLAN AND THE STATE PENSION FUND. HE SAYS HE'S THE MOST ELECTABLE CANDIDATE. >> HAVE A REPUTATION OF SAVING LIVES, SAVING MINDS AND SAVING MONEY MORE IMPORTANTLY, ACTUALLY GOVERNING EXPLAINING CONSERVATISM WITHOUT OFFENDING PEOPLE. MY BALLOT STRING TO STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE IN THE LAST 2 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, I RECEIVED MORE VOTES THAN DONALD TRUMP DID TWICE THE SECOND CANDIDATE IS BILL GRAHAM AND ATTORNEY AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER FROM SALISBURY. >> GRAHAM HAS NEVER HELD ELECTED OFFICE BUT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICS. HE RAN IN THE 2008 GOP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY BUT LOST TO FORMER GOVERNOR PAT MCCRORY. HE ALSO CAMPAIGNED FOR INSTITUTING VOTER ID AND CAPPING THE STATE GAS YEARS AGO. GRAHAM SAYS HE'S THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO HAS CREATED A JOB OR RUN A BUSINESS. >> I WANT TO BRING A CONSERVATIVE FUTURE TO NORTH CAROLINA AND THAT'S ONE THE ECONOMY IS STRONG AND OUR GROWTH RATE TO SLOW DOWN ABOUT ONE PERCENT. NOW WHERE WE HAVE SAFE STREETS AND COMMUNITIES IN SAFE SCHOOLS AND ONE WE IN FOR EDUCATING CHILDREN, NOT INDOCTRINATING THEM. >> THE 3RD CANDIDATE IS MARK ROBINSON. HE HAD NEVER HELD PUBLIC OFFICE BEFORE BEING ELECTED IN 2020 AS THE STATE'S FIRST BLACK LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. HE'S BECOME NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR INFLAMMATORY COMMENTS AIMED AT WOMEN, THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND LGBTQ PEOPLE. ROBINSON DECLINED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS STORY AT A CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., LAST WEEK HE BLAMED THE MEDIA FOR CASTING HIS COMMENTS IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT >> NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO SACRIFICE. HOW A POLITICIAN ELECTED OFFICIAL SITE. WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT ISSUE BECAUSE IT MIGHT THIS AFFECT MY WHEN ELECTION CAMPAIGN. WHEN YOU. >> IF YOU WAS THE PRIMARY ROBINSON WOULD BE THE FIRST BLACK GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE FROM EITHER MAJOR PARTY ELECTION DAY IS MARCH 5TH. EARLY VOTING RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY AT 03:00PM. LAURA LESLIE, WRAL, NEWS, RALEIGH, AND WE HAVE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THIS UPCOMING ELECTION. >> OUR WRAL VOTER GUIDE. YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN VOTE. THE CANDIDATES ON

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We've been getting lots of questions about a political ad that features a clip of our anchor Gerald Owens. WRAL News does not endorse candidates, but here's why they can use our video and why we have to air it.

<p>THE PLANE HAD LEFT OHIO, COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND WAS HEADING DOWN TO CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. &gt;&gt; MOVING ON. AND YOU KNOW, THE SEASON OF POLITICAL ADS, WELL, IT'S ARRIVED. THERE ARE ALREADY POPPING UP IN YOUR MEDIA FEEDS AND ON OUR AIR HERE AT WRAL WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC AD THAT FEATURES WRAL ANCHOR GERALD OWENS. &gt;&gt; LARRY ROBINSON SUGGESTED TO A CHURCH CONGREGATION RECENTLY THAT GOD CALLS MEN NOT WOMEN TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. GET ME TO GET IN TROUBLE LAW TO BE LED BY ME IN ROBINSON HAS A HISTORY OF DEMEANING WOMEN AND DESCENDING PREDATORS. &gt;&gt; SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE ATTACK ADS THAT WE SEE THE VIDEO WAS CREATED AND PAID FOR BY A GROUP OF DONORS WHO SUPPORT CANDIDATE BILL GRAHAM. HE'S RUNNING AGAINST A FIELD OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING MARK ROBINSON TO BE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR. AND IT APPEARS WRAL HAS PICKED A SIDE ACCORDING TO THAT. BUT YOU BELIEVE ME RIGHT? THE MORE CONVINCING. LET'S GO IN DEPTH. I THINK WE SHOULD START THIS WITH THE WITH THE PR STATEMENT. WRAL NEWS DOESN'T ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE AND WE STRIVE TO TREAT EVERYONE FAIRLY AND EQUALLY AND FRANKLY, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT VIDEOS LIKE THIS. THAT SNIPPET OF GERALD WAS FROM A NEW STORY THAT RAN IN ONE OF OUR NEWSCAST. AND UNDER THE FAIR USE PROVISIONS OF COPYRIGHT LAW. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S FAIR TO USE. LOOK, I'M NOT GOOD PR STATEMENTS AND I'M BETTER AT A BETTER TO SPEAKING BLUNTLY. SO WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICAL ADS TO BE BLUNT ABOUT IT, THEY CAN DO AND SAY ALMOST ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT THEIR LOUD TO MISLEAD YOU. IN FACT, MANY OF THEM ARE DESIGNED TO DO JUST THAT. I'VE ACTUALLY TACKLED THIS TOPIC BEFORE I MET WITH AN ATTORNEY WHOSE JOB IT IS TO REVIEW THESE TYPES OF ADS BEFORE THEY'RE PUBLISHED. AND HERE IS WHAT HE TOLD ME ABOUT THEM. THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES THAT WHEN YOU SAY &gt;&gt; PEOPLE MAKING THESE ADS OFTEN TRIED TO PUSH THE LANGUAGE AS FAR AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BEFORE BREAKING THE LAW. COURT BREAKING THE YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF A BUT THE TERM TO WRITE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, NOW SHALL NOT LIE MAYBE FEDERATION IS IS THE APPROPRIATE. &gt;&gt; A WAY TO CAN PEOPLE FLAT OUT LIE IN THESE PUT QUEST? WELL, CERTAINLY THEY HAD AND I HAD. &gt;&gt; SO WHY CAN THEY LIE? AND FURTHERMORE, WHY DO WE PUT THOSE THOSE LIES ON TV WHILE FREE SPEECH AND BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MOST OF THE TIME. LET ME EXPLAIN. SEE, THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF POLITICAL LAST THEIR CANDIDATE ADS AND THEN THERE ARE THE ISSUE ADS WITH THE PAC ADS. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PAID FOR BY THOSE POLITICAL GROUPS WITH OVERLY PATRIOTIC NAMES. YOU KNOW, THE TIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE CANDIDATE ADS, THE RULE IS SIMPLE. WE CAN'T SAY NO TO THOSE. THEY CAN SAY ANYTHING THEY WANT. AND WE MUST, AARON, ANYTHING THEY CAN SAY THEIR OPPONENT IS A WEREWOLF WHO HUNTS CATTLE AT NIGHT AND WE HAVE TO PUT IT ON TV. PAC ADS ARE DIFFERENT. DO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO AIR THOSE AND WE HAVE LAWYERS WHO LOOK AT THEM FOR LEGAL ISSUES. BUT AS WE JUST EXPLAINED, THOSE ARE ALMOST NONEXISTENT. NOW, IF WE SO AIR TO AIR TIME TO ONE SIDE, WE DO HAVE TO OFFER THE EQUAL AIR TIME TO THE OTHER SIDE. WE DON'T PLAY FAVORITES AND WE DON'T LIMIT FREE SPEECH, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE SO MANY ADS ON OUR AIR REGARDLESS OF WHO PAYS FOR THAT AND THOSE ARE THE RULES EXCEPT NOT ENTIRELY BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY DIFFER BETWEEN NETWORKS AND CABLE STATIONS AND FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. YOU KNOW, SOME SITES LIKE TWITTER, THEY HAVE CENSORED PEOPLE IN THE PAST ON THEIR OWN AND AND OTHER SITES. WILL OTHER SITES DON'T IN TO STATE IT SIMPLY IT'S JUST NOT REGULATED WITH ONE SET OF RULES ACROSS THE BOARD &gt;&gt; THE AVERAGE PERSON HOME TO HEAR THAT AND GO WELL, IT SURE FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS. &gt;&gt; ABOUT THE FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR STATE, FOR INSTANCE. AND IT'S NOT BASED, IN FACT. WELL, OF COURSE, THEN YOU GET INTO, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE SHIPPED THE FIRST AMENDMENT. AND I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE FOR A PARTICULAR THESE DAYS, THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT THAN THE ABILITY TO CRITICIZE AND &gt;&gt; CONTRACTOR ME ONE PERSON. WHY? WHICH IS NOT REALLY A LIE IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS TRUE. &gt;&gt; I MEAN, IS THAT IF THERE IS A LINE THAT SUMS UP POLITICS ABOUT OF NOT LAST, BUT ONE PERSON'S LIVE, WHICH IS NOT REALLY ALLY IS SOMEBODY ELSE'S TRUTH. IT'S BOTH CONFUSING AND SOMEWHAT INFURIATING. AND THAT'S POLITICS. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE CANDIDATES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, YOU CAN TUNE INTO ON THE RECORD TOMORROW AT 7 RIGHT HERE ON WRAL. IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE SOUTH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. EMAIL DAN AT WRAL DOT COM. IF YOU'VE ALREADY E-MAILED ME, A LOT OF YOU HAVEN'T. YOU'RE WAITING FOR A REPLY. PLEASE BE PATIENT. I WILL GET BACK TO OUR OUR INBOX FILLS UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY. WE GET TONS OF EMAILS AND SOME OF THEM INSPIRE STORIES THAT TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO WORK ON BECAUSE WE REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE WRITING IN AND TELLING US. I READ EVERYTHING YOU SEND ME, PLEASE BE PATIENT. ALSO KEEP TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. KEEP THOSE E-MAILS COMING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO IN-DEPTH. ALSO, DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN LISTEN TO ALL OF MY IN-DEPTH SEGMENTS AS A PODCAST. THAT PICTURE LOOKED LIKE AN ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN FIND WRAL IN DEPTH WITH DAN</p>

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The Democrat's fundraising haul heading into the 2024 election is nearly triple what outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper reported at the same stage of his first run for governor.

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Three years after supporters of then-President Donald Trump raided the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to keep Trump in power, debate over the insurrection lingers.

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U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, one of the state's most influential Republicans, says Salisbury lawyer Bill Graham is more qualified to replace Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.

THE PARENTS BILL OF RIGHTS PROHIBITS THE INSTRUCTION OF SEXUALITY BEFORE THE 5TH GRADE. A NEW ENDORSEMENT IN THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS MAKING HEADLINES. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR THOM TILLIS ANNOUNCED TODAY. >> HE'S SUPPORTING BILL GRAM FOR THE JOB. THE ANNOUNCEMENT MEANS THE REPUBLICAN IS NOT ENDORSING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK ROBINSON WHO IS THE CURRENT FRONT-RUNNER FOR THE GOP NOMINATION? WRAL, STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER TRAVIS FAIN LOOKS AT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE RACE. >> I'M BILL GRAHAM. I'M RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR GRAEME PROMISED BUT 5 MILLION DOLLARS OF HIS OWN MONEY INTO THE CAMPAIGN. AND YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY SEEN HIS AT THE ROBINSON IS THE PRESUMED FRONTRUNNER. DESPITE A TRACK RECORD OF ANGRY RHETORIC JUST THIS WEEK, A VIDEO EMERGED OF HIM SUGGESTING JESUS WILL REVENGE AND ON HIS OPPONENTS. TILLIS TOLD THE NATIONAL REVIEW HE'LL DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO HELP. GRAHAM. IT'S NOT A SURPRISE GRAMS CONSULTANTS ARE VETERANS OF THE TILLIS CAMPAIGN AND THAT TILLIS CHOSE THE NATIONAL REVIEW. A NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE PUBLICATION FOR THIS MESSAGE INDICATES HE'S LOOKING TO BOOST GRAMS NATIONAL FUNDRAISING PROFILE. LEAST 2 OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE IN THIS RACE. FORMER STATE SENATOR AND WELLS STATE TREASURER DALE FOLWELL WAS PLEDGED A MILLION DOLLARS OF HIS OWN MONEY IN THE RACE FILINGS IN THIS RACE, ANOTHER 2024 CONTEST STARTED THIS WEEK. >> CONTINUE NEXT WEEK. BACK TO YOU. >> YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST ON ENDORSEMENTS AND WHO IS RUNNING FOR KEY RACES IN

Thom Tillis endorses Bill Graham for NC governor, snubbing Mark Robinson

U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, one of the state's most influential Republicans, says Salisbury lawyer Bill Graham is more qualified to replace Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. 

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Remarks by Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson are once again causing controversy. But this time, their apparent targets are within the Republican Party.

ON YOUTUBE TV SPECTRUM AND THE WRAL APP ON YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE. >> MORE CONTROVERSY TONIGHT OVER REMARKS MADE BY NORTH CAROLINA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK ROBINSON. THIS TIME THE COMMENTS WERE DIRECTED TO HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS IN THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE, CALLING THEM COWARDS AND SAYING HE ISN'T GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THEM. HERE'S HIS QUOTE. IT READS BECAUSE ONE DAY JESUS CHRIST IS GOING TO RIDE BACK TO THIS EARTH ON THAT ON THAT WHITE HORSE. WHEN HE DOES, HE'S GOING TO BRING HIS VENGEANCE. THE ORIOLES CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF, LAURA LESLIE IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH NOW WITH WHAT HIS OPPONENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS. LAURA. >> DEB, YOU KNOW, THE LATEST POLLS THAT WE'VE SEEN SHOW THAT ROBINSON STILL HOLDS A WIDE LEAD IN THE GOP PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR. HOWEVER, IS OPPONENTS ARE BEGINNING TO GAIN A LITTLE GROUND AND THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY HE APPEARED TO BE A SWING AT SOME WITHIN HIS OWN PARTY. I'M COMING UP TO IT THIS PAST WEEKEND. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MARK ROBINSON IS A FREQUENT GUEST SPEAKER AT CHURCHES. BUT THESE LATEST COMMENTS CAME AT A REPUBLICAN PARTY EVENT IN DAVIE COUNTY SATURDAY. >> AT THE END OF A LONG SPEECH, ROBINSON APPEARED TO CALL DOWN DIVINE RETRIBUTION ON HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENTS AND SUPPORTERS. WELL, COLD AIR OUT. >> GREATEST VICTORIES. >> WE ASKED THE ROBINSON CAMPAIGN TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE MEANT. SPOKESMAN MIKE LONERGAN SAID ROBINSON IS VERY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH. POLITICS CAN BE A ROUGH BUSINESS BUT PART OF HIS FAITH IS THAT ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED NOT BY MEN, BUT BY GOD IS ON AGAIN, SAID THAT, QUOTE, DOESN'T REFER TO ANY ONE PERSON, BUT TO ALL OF US EVERY TIME THAT MARC ROBERTSON TALKS, IT'S IT'S HE'S ALWAYS PLAYING THE VICTIM. STATE TREASURER DALE FOLWELL IS ONE OF ROBINSON'S GOP OPPONENTS IN THE PRIMARY FOR GOVERNOR. WE ALL KNOW HOW MARK ROBINSON FEELS ABOUT WOMEN, HOW HE FEELS ABOUT JEWS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. BUT THE FACT IS THAT THERE'S NO PLACE IN STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THAT TYPE OF RHETORIC. ANOTHER OF ROBINSON'S REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS, BUSINESSMAN BILL GRAHAM DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE REMARKS I'LL CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON THE ISSUES THAT WILL HELP US FIX JOE BIDEN'S ECONOMY. AND WE HOPE ALL REPUBLICANS WILL UNITE IN THAT EFFORT. SAID GRAHAM SPOKESMAN ALEX PAUL TUCKER. >> FORMER STATE SENATOR ANDY WELLS IS ALSO SEEKING THE GOP NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR. HIS CAMPAIGN DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT THAT. >> IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING YEAR AHEAD BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 2024 ELECTION. THANK YOU, LAURA. NEW EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, PAUL LAURA MENTIONED SHOWS ROBINSON STILL HAS A LARGE LEAD IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAD 34% SUPPORT IN TODAY'S PAUL. THE POLL SHOWS SALISBURY LAWYER BILL GRAHAM IN SECOND AT 8%,

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