Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor when he visits the critical electoral state on Saturday, the Trump campaign said.

Donald J. Trump will hold a rally in Wilmington, N.C., while JD Vance and Tim Walz, the vice-presidential candidates, will campaign not far from each other in Pennsylvania.

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson has vowed to remain in his race despite a CNN media report about comments it says he made on a website.

Mark Robinson, a member of the Republican Party running for governor in the 2024 N.C. gubernational election, is currently under fire for controversial comments he left on a pornographic website predating his political career.

Former President Trump will campaign in Wilmington, North Carolina without GOP Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson who’s also running for office. A CNN KFILE investigation found Robinson made a series of inflammatory comments on an adult website more than a decade ago.

Mark Robinson, the controversial Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, is denying a report published Thursday alleging that he called himself a “Black Nazi” and praised slavery in comments on a porn site more than a decade ago.

Donald Trump grapples with the latest scandal engulfing Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson in battleground North Carolina.

The Tar Heel State, where the GOP gubernatorial candidate is steeped in controversy, is a critical battleground in the presidential race.

A Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina has insisted he will not exit the race amid a report that he made controversial comments on a porn website more than a decade ago. Mark Robinson characterised the CNN report,