The race has garnered national attention for its importance and for the controversial rhetoric that has surrounded Mark Robinson's campaign.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson -- a Republican now running for governor -- offers his first comment on CNN's report that he made pro-Nazi posts on an internet pornography forum. Many of his top campaign staffers resigned in response to the reports that Robinson called "salacious lies.

National Republicans are pulling their financial support for Mark Robinson, the party’s scandal-plagued nominee in the North Carolina governor’s race, as he tries to weather the fallout from a CNN report on inflammatory comments he made on a porn website.