Scoop: North Carolina's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is expected to announce his long-anticipated run for governor April 22, Axios has learned.
or even gained support among conservatives, including the state's top Republicans, who have defended some of his controversial statements."Mark Robinson spent the last two years winning the 2024 Republican primary for governor," top Republican political operatives said in a December polling memo. "Anybody who challenges him at this point is going to be a bump on his road to the nomination.
"In traveling across the state on our seven-city business tour, I’ve have been overwhelmed with the number of North Carolinians asking us to consider a gubernatorial run," Walker told Axios Wednesday. "As I’ve talked to folks, one question is clear: Who is the best candidate to represent our values, that can win both republicans and unaffiliated voters and beat Josh Stein or the Democrat nominee? We’ve elected one Republican governor this century and it’s going to be crucial to get it right.
In late May 2020, while the rest of the country was still mostly shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the speedwayCooper, the Democratic governor, called the events "dangerous and reckless," and then ordered the track shut down.
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