Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein will win North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign struggled as his history of incendiary remarks became public.

Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson lost the race for North Carolina ... with a consistent double-digit lead ahead of Robinson. In September, a CNN investigation linked Robinson, 56, to dozens of inflammatory and racist comments on a porn forum.

Democrat Josh Stein will be the next governor of North Carolina, CBS News projects. A September CNN report accused Mark Robinson, Stein's opponent, of allegedly making a series of explosive comments about politics,