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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Mark Robinson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:NC_Lt_Gov_Mark_Robinson_2022_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_Lt_Gov_Mark_Robinson_2022_%28cropped%29.png/220px-NC_Lt_Gov_Mark_Robinson_2022_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/NC_Lt_Gov_Mark_Robinson_2022_%28cropped%29.png/330px-NC_Lt_Gov_Mark_Robinson_2022_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/NC_Lt_Gov_Mark_Robinson_2022_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="342" data-file-height="456" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Robinson in 2022</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">35th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 9, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper">Roy Cooper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Forest" title="Dan Forest">Dan Forest</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Mark Keith Robinson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-08-18</span>) </span>August 18, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Hill_Robinson" title="Yolanda Hill Robinson">Yolanda Dechelle Hill</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1990)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Greensboro" title="University of North Carolina at Greensboro">University of North Carolina at Greensboro</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Robinson_Signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Mark Robinson (American politician)'s signature"><img alt=""M.K.R." Signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mark_Robinson_Signature.png/128px-Mark_Robinson_Signature.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mark_Robinson_Signature.png/192px-Mark_Robinson_Signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mark_Robinson_Signature.png/256px-Mark_Robinson_Signature.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="470" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ltgov.nc.gov/">Official website</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mark Keith Robinson</b> (born August 18, 1968) is an American politician serving as the 35th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">lieutenant governor of North Carolina</a> since 2021. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, he was the party's nominee in the <a href="/wiki/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election</a>. He is North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor and was the first Black major party nominee for governor. </p><p>Born in Greensboro, Robinson worked in furniture manufacturing for several years before entering politics. He came to prominence in 2018 when a video of him defending gun rights at a Greensboro City Council meeting in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoneman Douglas High School shooting">Stoneman Douglas High School shooting</a> went viral. Robinson launched his first political campaign in the <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election</a> and defeated <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> state representative <a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Lewis_Holley" title="Yvonne Lewis Holley">Yvonne Lewis Holley</a>. Near the end of his first term, Robinson won the Republican nomination for governor. He lost to Democratic state attorney general <a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2024 general election</a> by 14.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-underperformed_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-underperformed-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson has a history of making incendiary and controversial statements, including about <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>, the <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_community" title="LGBTQ community">LGBTQ community</a>, <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights" title="Women's rights">women's rights</a>, <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitism</a>. During his gubernatorial campaign, he was linked to extremist comments on an online <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">pornography</a> forum. Robinson denied posting the comments and dismissed calls to drop out of the race.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Robinson was born on August 18, 1968, in <a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a>, as the ninth of ten children.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson has said that his father was abusive and alcoholic, and that he and his family suffered from <a href="/wiki/Domestic_violence" title="Domestic violence">domestic violence</a>. He and his siblings lived in <a href="/wiki/Foster_care" title="Foster care">foster care</a> for part of their childhood, before moving back in with their mother, who worked as a custodian.<sup id="cite_ref-BattagliaImprobable_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BattagliaImprobable-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/Grimsley_High_School" title="Grimsley High School">Grimsley High School</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Grimsley_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grimsley-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson joined the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">Army Reserve</a>. While working at several furniture factories in the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Triad region</a>, he attended <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University" title="North Carolina A&T State University">North Carolina A&T State University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BattagliaImprobable_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BattagliaImprobable-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Greensboro" title="University of North Carolina at Greensboro">University of North Carolina at Greensboro</a>, where he took history classes with the goal of becoming a history teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson22_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson22-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from the university with a B.A. degree in history in December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2></div> <p>Robinson attributed the beginning of his interest in <a href="/wiki/American_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="American conservative">American conservative</a> politics to his reading of a book by <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a>, after which he "found out that I was conservative and always had been".<sup id="cite_ref-anderson22_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson22-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 3, 2018, Robinson attended a meeting of the Greensboro <a href="/wiki/City_council" class="mw-redirect" title="City council">City Council</a>, where they debated whether or not to cancel a gun show in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/Stoneman_Douglas_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoneman Douglas High School shooting">Stoneman Douglas High School shooting</a>. Robinson spoke in favor of gun rights, and video of his speech went <a href="/wiki/Viral_video" title="Viral video">viral</a> after it was shared on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Walker_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Walker (North Carolina politician)">Mark Walker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, Robinson dropped out of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and left his job in furniture manufacturing to focus on public speaking engagements.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson22_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson22-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was invited to speak at the <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rifle Association of America">National Rifle Association of America</a>'s annual convention that year.<sup id="cite_ref-meet_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meet-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_campaign">2020 campaign</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election</a></div> <p>In 2019, Robinson entered the Republican primary in the <a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">election</a> for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">lieutenant governor of North Carolina</a> after the finance reporting period ended.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the Republican nomination, clearing the 30% threshold to avoid a primary runoff, defeating state senator <a href="/wiki/Andy_Wells_(American_politician)" title="Andy Wells (American politician)">Andy Wells</a>, superintendent of public instruction <a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Johnson (North Carolina politician)">Mark Johnson</a>, former congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Renee_Ellmers" title="Renee Ellmers">Renee Ellmers</a>, and former state representative <a href="/wiki/Scott_Stone" title="Scott Stone">Scott Stone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He faced <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party (US)">Democratic</a> nominee <a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Lewis_Holley" title="Yvonne Lewis Holley">Yvonne Lewis Holley</a> in the general election in November,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a race in which either Robinson or Holley would become North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson was elected,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> becoming the second Black person elected to the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Council_of_State" title="North Carolina Council of State">North Carolina Council of State</a> after <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Campbell_Jr." title="Ralph Campbell Jr.">Ralph Campbell Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson's 2020 <a href="/wiki/Campaign_finance_in_the_United_States" title="Campaign finance in the United States">campaign finance reports</a> contained incomplete information on his campaign contributors.<sup id="cite_ref-Battaglia_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Battaglia-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Campaign finance watchdog Bob Hall identified several questionable expenditures in Robinson's campaign reports, including $186 for medical bills and for $2,840 for "campaign clothes and accessories" (most of it spent at a sporting goods shop); the campaign did not explain how these expenditures were campaign-related.<sup id="cite_ref-Battaglia_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Battaglia-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson's reports also stated that Robinson's wife spent $4,500 for "campaign clothing" but gave no details.<sup id="cite_ref-Battaglia_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Battaglia-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reports also stated that Robinson withdrew an unexplained $2,400 in cash in apparent violation of a state law requiring all candidate cash payments over $50 to be accompanied by a detailed description explaining of what the money was for.<sup id="cite_ref-Battaglia_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Battaglia-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After these expenses came under scrutiny in 2021, Robinson's campaign blamed "clerical errors"; Bob Hall filed a formal complaint with the State Board of Elections over these and other discrepancies.<sup id="cite_ref-Battaglia_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Battaglia-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure_as_lieutenant_governor">Tenure as lieutenant governor</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hawkins-Hartness_House,_Raleigh,_NC_(28221581198).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hawkins-Hartness_House%2C_Raleigh%2C_NC_%2828221581198%29.jpg/250px-Hawkins-Hartness_House%2C_Raleigh%2C_NC_%2828221581198%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hawkins-Hartness_House%2C_Raleigh%2C_NC_%2828221581198%29.jpg/375px-Hawkins-Hartness_House%2C_Raleigh%2C_NC_%2828221581198%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Hawkins-Hartness_House%2C_Raleigh%2C_NC_%2828221581198%29.jpg/500px-Hawkins-Hartness_House%2C_Raleigh%2C_NC_%2828221581198%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Hawkins-Hartness_House" title="Hawkins-Hartness House">Hawkins-Hartness House</a>, official office of the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina</figcaption></figure> <p>Robinson was sworn in on January 9, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his tenure, Robinson has had a fraught relationship with Democratic Governor <a href="/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper">Roy Cooper</a>; Robinson described communication between the two as "nonexistent".<sup id="cite_ref-anderson1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As lieutenant governor, the constitution prescribes that Robinson serve as acting governor when Cooper leaves the state, although Cooper regularly does not inform Robinson on his departures.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As lieutenant governor, Robinson is empowered to preside over sessions of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but has not done so frequently since his first year in office, instead leaving that duty to the <a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_North_Carolina_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate">Senate president pro tempore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson is also, by virtue of his elective office, an <a href="/wiki/Ex_officio_member" title="Ex officio member"><i>ex officio</i> member</a> of several state boards. As of September 2024, he has attended most of the Council of State's meetings, approximately half of the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Board_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina Board of Education">State Board of Education</a>'s meetings, four of the State Board of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Community_College_System" title="North Carolina Community College System">Community Colleges</a>' meetings, four of the Energy Policy Council's meetings, and none of the Military Affairs Commission's meetings.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, Robinson convinced the legislature to pass legislation establishing the North Carolina Medal of Valor for law enforcement officers and making his office responsible for its implementation.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="FACTS_Task_Force">FACTS Task Force</h4></div> <p>After swearing into office, Robinson began focusing on education issues, particularly with regard to the appropriateness of instructional and reading materials available to children enrolled in schools.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson22_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson22-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 26, 2021, he launched the FACTS (Fairness, Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students) Task Force through his office's website. The 12-member task force was to field reports of political bias in instruction in public schools.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The task force was later expanded to 15 members.<sup id="cite_ref-billmantaskforce_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billmantaskforce-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The task force failed to comply with the state <a href="/wiki/Open_meeting_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Open meeting law">open meeting law</a> by not maintaining records of its meetings or transactions.<sup id="cite_ref-billmantaskforce_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billmantaskforce-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hyland_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hyland-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lieutenant governor's general counsel argued that the task force was not obligated to do so, as it was not a "public body" and existed only to advise the lieutenant governor's office. The chief attorney of the General Assembly's Legislative Analysis Division disagreed, saying that the board met the criteria under state law for being considered a public body. Further ambiguity surrounded the task force's legal status, as state law did not explicitly authorize or prohibit lieutenant governors from creating their own official boards.<sup id="cite_ref-billmantaskforce_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billmantaskforce-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The task force released a report on submitted complaints in late August 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-hyland_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hyland-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over 500 complaints pertained to allegedly biased lesson plans and instructional materials concerning <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)" title="Race (human categorization)">race</a> and <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBTQ rights">LGBTQ rights</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dillon_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dillon-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-corasaniti_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-corasaniti-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while others directly attacked the task force itself as a <a href="/wiki/Fishing_expedition" title="Fishing expedition">fishing expedition</a> and a waste of resources.<sup id="cite_ref-hyland_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hyland-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That month, Robinson pushed for the adoption of a bill in the legislature that sought to prevent teachers from compelling students to adhere to 13 specific beliefs, including notions that one race or sex is superior to others.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson22_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson22-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_gubernatorial_run">2024 gubernatorial run</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election">2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"minisoldr" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Mini_soldier_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Mini soldier (disambiguation)">Mini soldier (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p>On April 22, 2023, Robinson announced his campaign for the <a href="/wiki/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election" title="2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election">Republican nomination for governor of North Carolina</a> during a speech at <a href="/wiki/Ace_Speedway" title="Ace Speedway">Ace Speedway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Altamahaw,_North_Carolina" title="Altamahaw, North Carolina">Altamahaw, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 3, 2024, Donald Trump, then a candidate for the <a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2024 Republican Party presidential primaries">Republican nomination</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>, endorsed Robinson, referring to him as "<a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King</a> on steroids" and "Martin Luther King times two", though Trump characterized Robinson's reaction to this description as possibly "angry" or akin to "I don't know if I like that".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 5, Robinson won the Republican primary in the governor's race.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson is the first Black person to secure a major party nomination for the office of governor of North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-doran1_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doran1-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his victory speech, he departed from his earlier statements on social issues, instead speaking about his impoverished background and emphasizing his wish to strengthen the state's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his 2024 campaign, Robinson has received some criticism from some more moderate Republicans, including <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Thom Tillis</a> and his primary opponent State Treasurer <a href="/wiki/Dale_Folwell" title="Dale Folwell">Dale Folwell</a>, both of whom declined to endorse him or any candidate in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png/220px-Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png/330px-Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png/440px-Mark_Robinson_CNN_report_screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="1193" data-file-height="793" /></a><figcaption>A September report by <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> about past online comments made by Robinson was a major event in his 2024 gubernatorial campaign</figcaption></figure> <p>On September 19, 2024, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> reported that Robinson had made many graphic remarks on the online pornographic forum Nude Africa from 2008 to 2012 under the username "minisoldr", with Robinson being linked to accounts named "minisoldr" on several websites, including <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pinterest" title="Pinterest">Pinterest</a>, <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, <a href="/wiki/Disqus" title="Disqus">Disqus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/BlackPlanet" title="BlackPlanet">BlackPlanet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remarks made on Nude Africa included expressing support for slavery, using various homophobic, racial, and antisemitic slurs, enjoying <a href="/wiki/Transgender_pornography" title="Transgender pornography">transgender pornography</a>, admitting to <a href="/wiki/Voyeurism" title="Voyeurism">peeping</a> at women showering in public showers without their knowledge when he was 14 and continuing to fantasize about the experience as an adult, self-identifying as a "perv", and calling himself a "Black Nazi" and stating his support for <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> over <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> as United States president.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapost_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapost-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another remark labelled Martin Luther King, Jr. a "commie bastard" and then stated: "If I was in the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">KKK</a> I would have called him Martin Lucifer <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs#Coon" title="List of ethnic slurs">Koon</a>!"<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CNN highlighted that "minisoldr" on Nude Africa shared many of Robinson's personal details, and used several unconventional phrases that Robinson later used on Facebook from 2014 to 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson denied the allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guard-19sep2024_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guard-19sep2024-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Without any evidence, he accused Josh Stein, his main opponent for the governorship, of being responsible for the discovery of the Nude Africa account<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and claimed that the account was generated by artificial intelligence.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nude Africa posts by "minisoldr" were deleted on the same day as CNN's report about them.<sup id="cite_ref-Gardner_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Weeks prior, online publication <i>The Assembly</i> had published allegations by six people who said they witnessed Robinson visiting video pornography shops up to five times a week in Greensboro in the 1990s and 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> published a story, on the same day as CNN, reporting that Robinson's email was registered on <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Madison" title="Ashley Madison">Ashley Madison</a>, a website designed for married people seeking extramarital affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> reported that "minisoldr" on Nude Africa discussed having extramarital sex with his wife’s sister, and also praised Hitler's <i><a href="/wiki/Mein_Kampf" title="Mein Kampf">Mein Kampf</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gardner_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Politico</i> followed up by reviewing data breaches from multiple websites and found that Robinson's email address had also been registered with other previously unreported dating websites, and that the <a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP address</a> associated with these accounts (including the Nude Africa account) was from a location not far from Robinson's home.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/300px-2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/450px-2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/600px-2024_North_Carolina_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="316" /></a><figcaption>Map of the 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election results.</figcaption></figure> <p>Before the CNN and <i>Politico</i> stories broke, Robinson was reportedly pressured by staff and members of the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">Trump presidential campaign</a> to withdraw from the gubernatorial race due to rumors of a controversial story leaking to the news that involved Robinson's activity on pornographic websites in the 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jonathan Bridges, who managed the campaign of former congressman <a href="/wiki/Mark_Walker_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Walker (North Carolina politician)">Mark Walker</a>, and Scott Lassiter, a Republican candidate for state senate, both called on Robinson to suspend his campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-wapost_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapost-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson announced he planned to stay in the race.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_National_Committee" title="Democratic National Committee">Democratic National Committee</a> then launched an ad campaign in North Carolina to highlight Trump's endorsement of him.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within three days of CNN's report, most of Robinson's gubernatorial campaign staff resigned, leaving only three staffers.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/WRAL-TV" title="WRAL-TV">WRAL-TV</a>, Robinson had repeatedly rebuffed offers from backers to get him in touch with specialized tech firms that could help him investigate the comments whose authenticity he was disputing, which led to a loss of trust among his former staffers.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 24, Robinson hired an attorney from Virginia (who previously <a href="/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_U.S._presidential_election" title="Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 U.S. presidential election">contested the result of the 2020 U.S. election</a> on behalf of Donald Trump) to investigate the veracity of the claims of the CNN report.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 15, Robinson filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against CNN for their report.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson lost the gubernatorial election to Democrat <a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a> by more than 14%, despite Republican <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> defeating Democrat <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> by 3.4% in the concurrent <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2024 presidential election in North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson underperformed the Republican ticket in the presidential race, losing 14 counties which Trump won.<sup id="cite_ref-underperformed_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-underperformed-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson conceded the race to Stein during his election night speech.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views_and_remarks">Political views and remarks</h2></div> <p>Robinson promoted his persona as a "brash and unfiltered conservative <a href="/wiki/Culture_war" title="Culture war">culture warrior</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Kassel2021_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassel2021-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He promotes <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">climate change denial</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fain_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fain-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opposes <a href="/wiki/Legalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Legalization of non-medical cannabis in the United States">the legalization of recreational marijuana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, he indicated that he wants to remove science and <a href="/wiki/Social_studies" title="Social studies">social studies</a> from first- through fifth-grade curriculum, abolish the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Board_of_Education" title="North Carolina State Board of Education">State Board of Education</a>, and expand <a href="/wiki/Charter_school" title="Charter school">charter schools</a> and <a href="/wiki/School_voucher" title="School voucher">school voucher</a> programs, potentially supplanting the public-school system.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Media outlets have identified his views as right-wing,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics" title="Far-right politics">far-right</a><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or ultraconservative.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3></div> <p>In the 1980s, Robinson paid for his girlfriend to have an abortion, and later married her.<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to CNN, Robinson discussed a celebrity's abortion on an online pornographic forum, in 2010, stating: "I don't care. I just wanna see the sex tape!"<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, Robinson wrote that abortion was "genocide" and "murder".<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, Robinson described abortion as "child sacrifice".<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2019, Robinson said that abortion was "about killing the child because you weren't responsible enough to keep your skirt down or your pants up ... because you felt like getting your groove thing on ... you want to kill that child so your life can go on being on easy street, and you can keep running to the club every Friday night."<sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vaughn_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughn-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Robinson declared: "For me, there is no compromise on abortion. It makes no difference to me why or how that child ended up in that womb."<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Robinson said in a church: "I don't care whether you just got pregnant. I don't care if you're 24 hours pregnant ... If you kill that young'un. It is murder. You got blood on your hands."<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Knowles_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knowles-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2021, Robinson said regarding women: "Once you make a baby, it's not your body anymore—it's y'all's body. And, yes, that includes the daddy."<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson said in June 2022: "I want North Carolina to be the most pro-life state in the nation. Hands down. Abortion is murder. It's a scourge on this nation. It needs to go."<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sherman_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sherman-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2023, Robinson declared: "If I had all the power right now, let's say I was the governor and had a willing legislature, we could pass a bill saying you can't have an abortion in North Carolina for any reason".<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2023, Robinson said: "I would love to see abortion outlawed".<sup id="cite_ref-Steck_74-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steck-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sherman_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sherman-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson in February 2024 advocated a strategy of "rolling it back" for abortion: "We've got it down to 12 weeks. The next goal is to get it down to 6, and then just keep moving from there".<sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an August 2024 political advertisement, Robinson admitted his past involvement in an abortion, and took a different position on abortion, asserting: "I stand by our current law, and it provides common-sense exceptions for the life of the mother, incest and rape."<sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vaughn_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughn-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state law on abortion at the time banned abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions.<sup id="cite_ref-Marquez_75-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquez-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vaughn_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughn-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that advertisement, Robinson did not mention his past support for stricter abortion restrictions, and did not commit to rejecting stricter abortion legislations passed by Republicans.<sup id="cite_ref-Vaughn_77-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughn-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a media interview the next month, Robinson was presented the scenario that he won the gubernatorial election and "the legislature passes a six-week ban" for abortion, and asked if he would sign the bill into law; Robinson replied that "we absolutely would, because that's what we pushed for.”<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an audio recording that the North Carolina Democratic Leadership Committee stated was made in September 2024 at one of Robinson's campaign events in <a href="/wiki/Troy,_North_Carolina" title="Troy, North Carolina">Troy</a>, Robinson said regarding North Carolina's 12-week ban with exceptions: "I'm not going to say it's reasonable. But my faith allows me to live with that, because that's where the consensus is. Do I want to continue to lower it? You better know it. I would love to get down to six weeks. And I'd like to get down to zero. I would like to push it back as far as we could and eliminate as many abortions as we can ... We can't do it all at once". Robinson then described how Democrats took "50 years" to continually change abortion policies, and commented "we can do it" too.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antisemitic_remarks">Antisemitic remarks</h3></div> <p>Robinson's past <a href="/wiki/Antisemitism" title="Antisemitism">antisemitic</a> comments have drawn scrutiny and condemnation.<sup id="cite_ref-Kassel2021_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassel2021-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-King_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to running for lieutenant governor, he frequently made <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> posts that invoked <a href="/wiki/Antisemitic_stereotypes" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisemitic stereotypes">antisemitic stereotypes</a> and downplayed the harms of <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kassel2023_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassel2023-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Studios" title="Marvel Studios">Marvel</a> movie <a href="/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)" title="Black Panther (film)"><i>Black Panther</i></a> was "created by an agnostic Jew and put to film by <a href="/wiki/Satanism" title="Satanism">satanic</a> <a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxists</a>" that was "only created to pull the <a href="/wiki/Shekel" title="Shekel">shekels</a> out of your <a href="/wiki/Schvartze" title="Schvartze">Schvartze</a> pockets" (using a <a href="/wiki/Yiddish" title="Yiddish">Yiddish</a> slur for "black people").<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Billman_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billman-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson also appeared at an interview with fringe pastor <a href="/wiki/Sean_Moon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sean Moon">Sean Moon</a>, who claimed that he planned to become "king of the United States"; in the interview, Moon claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Rothschild_family" title="Rothschild family">Rothschild family</a> was one of the "<a href="/wiki/Four_horsemen_of_the_apocalypse" class="mw-redirect" title="Four horsemen of the apocalypse">four horsemen of the apocalypse</a>" and promoted the <a href="/wiki/Antisemitic_trope" title="Antisemitic trope">antisemitic conspiracy theory</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Economic_antisemitism" title="Economic antisemitism">cabal of Jewish "international bankers"</a> that rule every country's <a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">central bank</a>. Robinson endorsed Moon's claim as "exactly right".<sup id="cite_ref-King_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson's statements, as well as his refusal to apologize for or retract them, drew much concern from the leaders of North Carolina's Jewish community,<sup id="cite_ref-Kassel2021_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassel2021-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as criticism from the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Democratic_Council_of_America" title="Jewish Democratic Council of America">Jewish Democratic Council of America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Jewish_Coalition" title="Republican Jewish Coalition">Republican Jewish Coalition</a> (RJC).<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson declined to publicly apologize for any of his remarks, although he said he privately apologized to local Jewish leaders in a meeting in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Robinson said that his Facebook post about <i>Black Panther</i> was "the only time I've ever apologized for anything I put on Facebook" and said "I knew the truth of what I was trying to say, but I should have chosen different words."<sup id="cite_ref-anderson_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, after <a href="/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Israel–Hamas war">Hamas attacked Israel</a>, Robinson said he supported Israel and, when asked about his past antisemitic comments, said "I've never been antisemitic...There have been some Facebook posts that were poorly worded on my part, did not convey my real sentiments, and I have addressed those issues and moved on from those issues."<sup id="cite_ref-Vaughan_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughan-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked if he apologized, Robinson said, "I apologize for the word—not necessarily for the content, but we apologize for the wording."<sup id="cite_ref-Vaughan_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughan-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson's opponents in the gubernatorial election questioned the sincerity of the apology and called his prior statements <a href="/wiki/Hate_speech" title="Hate speech">hate speech</a> and antisemitism.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Vaughan_91-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaughan-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2024, CNN reported that Robinson used antisemitic slurs on pornographic forums from 2008–2012. Robinson also identified as a "<a href="/wiki/Morenazi" title="Morenazi">Black Nazi</a>" and voiced support for Adolf Hitler.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Holocaust_denial">Holocaust denial</h4></div> <p>In March 2023, more of Robinson's past social-media statements emerged, including Facebook posts appearing to call the figure of 6 million Jews perishing in the Holocaust into question;<sup id="cite_ref-Kassel2023_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassel2023-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for example, Robinson wrote: "this foolishness about <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Hitler</a> disarming MILLIONS of Jews and then marching them off to <a href="/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps" title="Nazi concentration camps">concentration camps</a> is a bunch of hogwash,"<sup id="cite_ref-:1_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "There is a REASON the liberal media fills the airwaves with programs about the NAZI and the '6 million Jews' they murdered."<sup id="cite_ref-Kassel2023_88-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kassel2023-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Democrats and Republicans criticized Robinson's statements.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_87-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homophobic_and_transphobic_comments">Homophobic and transphobic comments</h3></div> <p>After the 2016 <a href="/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting" title="Pulse nightclub shooting">Pulse nightclub shooting</a>, Robinson wrote that "Homosexuality is STILL an abominable sin and I WILL NOT join in 'celebrating <a href="/wiki/Gay_pride" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay pride">gay pride</a>.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<sup id="cite_ref-Billman_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billman-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a June 2021 speech at a <a href="/wiki/Seagrove,_North_Carolina" title="Seagrove, North Carolina">Seagrove, North Carolina</a> church, Robinson disparaged "transgenderism and homosexuality", saying: "There's no reason anybody anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, any of that filth. And yes I called it filth. And if you don't like that I called it filth, come see me and I'll explain it to you." In the same speech, he called for an end to the <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">separation of church and state</a> in public schools.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeves_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeves-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2021, after Robinson's speech was brought to light by <i><a href="/wiki/Right_Wing_Watch" class="mw-redirect" title="Right Wing Watch">Right Wing Watch</a></i>, Democratic state senator <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Jackson_(politician)" title="Jeff Jackson (politician)">Jeff Jackson</a> called for Robinson to resign, and Governor <a href="/wiki/Roy_Cooper" title="Roy Cooper">Roy Cooper</a>'s office said that "It's abhorrent to hear anyone, and especially an elected official, use hateful rhetoric that hurts people and our state's reputation."<sup id="cite_ref-Reeves_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeves-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Attorney_General" title="North Carolina Attorney General">North Carolina Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Stein" title="Josh Stein">Josh Stein</a> similarly condemned Robinson's comments.<sup id="cite_ref-WBTV_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBTV-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Biden_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Biden administration">Biden administration</a>, in a <a href="/wiki/White_House_Press_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="White House Press Office">White House Press Office</a> statement, condemned Robinson's words as "repugnant and offensive" and said that a leader's role is "to bring people together and stand up for the dignity and rights of everyone; not to spread hate and undermine their own office."<sup id="cite_ref-WBTV_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WBTV-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following month, Robinson said that heterosexual couples are "superior" to gay couples because the latter cannot conceive a child together.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson compared homosexuality to cow manure, maggots, and flies, explaining that the latter all serve a purpose in God's creation; whereas, with homosexuality, Robinson remarked, "If homosexuality is of God, what purpose does it serve? What does it make? What does it create? It creates nothing."<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 3, 2024, Robinson said he was in support of arresting <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> persons for using a restroom not identified with their <a href="/wiki/Sex_assignment" title="Sex assignment">birth sex</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he also said that transgender people should "find a corner outside somewhere" if they need to use a public restroom.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite these statements, comments made by Robinson between 2008 and 2012 on a <a href="/wiki/Internet_pornography" title="Internet pornography">pornographic</a> <a href="/wiki/Internet_forum" title="Internet forum">forum</a> included comments where he described his enjoyment of "<a href="/wiki/Tranny" title="Tranny">tranny</a> on girl porn"—a derogatory term for <a href="/wiki/Transgender_pornography" title="Transgender pornography">transgender</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lesbian_erotica#Pornography" title="Lesbian erotica">lesbian pornography</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nude_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nude-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women_and_feminism">Women and feminism</h3></div> <p>Robinson said in 2016 that <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a> is "watered by the <a href="/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">devil</a>, and is harvested and sold by his minions"<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2016, Robinson asserted that feminists were "just as bad, if not worse" than racists.<sup id="cite_ref-Bendery_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bendery-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson additionally described male feminists as being "about as manly as a pair of lace panties".<sup id="cite_ref-Bendery_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bendery-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson in 2016 condemned women who <a href="/wiki/Breastfeed" class="mw-redirect" title="Breastfeed">breastfeed</a> in public as "shameless attention hogs".<sup id="cite_ref-Bendery_102-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bendery-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson surmised in 2017: "The only thing worse than a woman who doesn't know her place, is a man who doesn't know his".<sup id="cite_ref-Bendery_102-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bendery-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, Robinson declared: "I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn't vote ... because in those days we had people who fought for real social change, and they were called Republicans.”<sup id="cite_ref-Bendery_102-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bendery-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Robinson said that Christians "are called to be led by men ... when it was time to face down <a href="/wiki/Goliath" title="Goliath">Goliath</a>, [God] sent <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a>. Not Davita, David.”<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_controversial_remarks">Other controversial remarks</h3></div> <p>On his Facebook page, which has more than 100,000 followers, Robinson's posts, which have impugned <a href="/wiki/Transgender" title="Transgender">transgender</a> people, <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>, former President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/African-American" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American">African-Americans</a> who support Democrats, have drawn criticism.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson accused people "who support this mass delusion called transgenderism" of seeking "to glorify Satan".<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson called Obama "a worthless, anti-American atheist"<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and posted "<a href="/wiki/Birther" class="mw-redirect" title="Birther">birther</a>" memes;<sup id="cite_ref-Billman_90-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billman-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accused <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_States" title="Islam in the United States">American Muslims</a> of being "INVADERS" who "refuse to <a href="/wiki/Cultural_assimilation" title="Cultural assimilation">assimilate</a> to our ways while demanding respect they have not earned"; called <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a> a man; and disparaged <a href="/wiki/Joy_Behar" title="Joy Behar">Joy Behar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maxine_Waters" title="Maxine Waters">Maxine Waters</a> in crude terms.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Robinson asserted that the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">coronavirus</a> was a "globalist" <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">conspiracy</a> to defeat <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, and dismissed the threat of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, writing, "The looming pandemic I'm most worried about is SOCIALISM."<sup id="cite_ref-Billman_90-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billman-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, after U.S. House speaker <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>'s husband was <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Paul_Pelosi" title="Attack on Paul Pelosi">violently assaulted at his home</a>, Robinson made light of the attack and posted falsehoods about it.<sup id="cite_ref-Mikkelsen2_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mikkelsen2-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over seven years, Robinson used his Facebook page to attack immigrants, members of the LGBT community, Jews, and black people. In a 2013 post, he said that the slogan "<a href="/wiki/White_pride" title="White pride">white pride</a>" was not racist, writing: "I am TIRED of blacks and mexicans running around shouting about being proud of their race."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson later wrote, "Note to liberals; I'll accept 'Gay Pride' when you accept 'White Pride'."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In other posts, Robinson mocked Chinese accents; referred to African Americans using <a href="/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs" title="List of ethnic slurs">ethnic slurs</a> (including "muddle headed negroes," "apes," and "a monkey").<sup id="cite_ref-:0_105-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also promoted various conspiracy theories, including claims that the <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby_sexual_assault_allegations" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations">sexual assault allegations</a> against <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> were orchestrated by "the <a href="/wiki/Illuminati" title="Illuminati">Illuminati</a>"; that Barack Obama was a "top ranking demon" and that <a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> was "proudly serving in Satan's army"; and that the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics_opening_ceremony" title="2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony">2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony</a> featured "<a href="/wiki/Occult_symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Occult symbol">occult symbols</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_105-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Referring to abortion, he also wrote that the African-American community "murders its children by the millions."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_105-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a March 2018 podcast, Robinson called the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a> a <a href="/wiki/Communist" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist">communist</a> plot to "subvert capitalism" and "to subvert free choice".<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also called <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> a "communist" and "ersatz pastor".<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2018, Robinson published a video on Facebook in which he said that victims of <a href="/wiki/Child_rape" class="mw-redirect" title="Child rape">child rape</a> are "monsters".<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, the <i><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Observer" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Observer">Charlotte Observer</a></i> editorial board described Robinson's posts as "cringeworthy" and "an embarrassment,"<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the state Democratic Party called them "homophobic, anti-Semitic, and downright unhinged."<sup id="cite_ref-King_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson's posts were also criticized by <a href="/wiki/Equality_North_Carolina" title="Equality North Carolina">Equality North Carolina</a> and Jewish community leaders in North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson declined to apologize for his posts, saying, "I'm not ashamed of anything that I post."<sup id="cite_ref-Fain_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fain-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Campbell_89-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Campbell-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Robinson defended the <a href="/wiki/Kent_State_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent State massacre">Kent State massacre</a> of 1970, in which National Guardsmen killed several students at Ohio's Kent State University who were <a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War" title="Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War">protesting the Vietnam War</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/2018_shooting_at_Marjory_Stoneman_Douglas_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School">2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Parkland,_Florida" title="Parkland, Florida">Parkland, Florida</a>, Robinson mocked the teenage survivors, repeatedly disparaging them in personal terms,<sup id="cite_ref-Kaczynski_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaczynski-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> calling the Parkland survivors "spoiled, angry, know it all CHILDREN"; "spoiled little bastards"; and "media prosti-tots [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>]".<sup id="cite_ref-Kaczynski_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaczynski-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has additionally stated that mass shootings are "<a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karma</a>" for abortion, and has placed blame for them on gun safety activists.<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 23, 2023, Robinson delivered remarks at a conference hosted by <a href="/wiki/Moms_for_Liberty" title="Moms for Liberty">Moms for Liberty</a> in which he encouraged the reading of the writings of several 20th century dictators, stating, "Here's the thing....Whether you're talking about <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>, whether you're talking about <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Chairman Mao</a>, whether you're talking about <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Stalin</a>, whether you're talking about <a href="/wiki/Pol_Pot" title="Pol Pot">Pol Pot</a>, whether you're talking about <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Castro</a> in Cuba, or whether you're talking about a dozen other despots all around the globe, it is time for us to get back and start reading some of those quotes." The comments sparked another controversy, with media sources expressing concern over whether he may have implied the aforementioned 20th-century dictators were misunderstood or being taken out of context, in addition to the fact that he promoted the reading of their ideas at all.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At a speech on June 30, 2024, made in a <a href="/wiki/White_Lake,_North_Carolina" title="White Lake, North Carolina">White Lake</a> church, he said "Some folks need killing!" He continued to say "It's time for somebody to say it. It's not a matter of vengeance. It's not a matter of being mean or spiteful. It's a matter of necessity!"<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> <p>Robinson married <a href="/wiki/Yolanda_Hill_Robinson" title="Yolanda Hill Robinson">Yolanda Dechelle Hill</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had a child in 1990 and another in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-anderson22_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anderson22-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They live in <a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point, North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-abc11_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abc11-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He identifies as an <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">evangelical Christian</a> and has been invited to preach at congregations including Trinity Baptist Church in <a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2012 social media post, Robinson acknowledged that in 1989, he paid for a woman that he impregnated to get an <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, Robinson said the woman in question was his eventual wife, Yolanda.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bankruptcies_and_debts">Bankruptcies and debts</h3></div> <p>Robinson <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy_in_the_United_States#Personal_bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy in the United States">filed for bankruptcy</a> on three occasions:<sup id="cite_ref-meet_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meet-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_87-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1998, 1999 and 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_87-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also been sued several times for nonpayment of debts.<sup id="cite_ref-meet_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meet-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Robinson's landlord sued him for failure to pay around $2,000 in rent; the landlord filed for summary <a href="/wiki/Ejectment" title="Ejectment">ejectment</a> (eviction).<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to court records, Robinson did not pay seven years of <a href="/wiki/Federal_income_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal income tax">federal income tax</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and had <a href="/wiki/Tax_lien" title="Tax lien">tax liens</a> placed on him by the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> as recently as 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-meet_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meet-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Robinson said in 2020 that his issues with the IRS had been resolved.<sup id="cite_ref-meet_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meet-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Robinson told <a href="/wiki/WRAL-TV" title="WRAL-TV">WRAL-TV</a> in an interview, "I don't have any unpaid taxes."<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the television station revealed that Robinson owed several hundred dollars to <a href="/wiki/Guilford_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Guilford County">Guilford County</a> in five delinquent vehicle tax bills (dating from 2006 to 2018), Robinson paid off the tax debt.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_121-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said he was unaware that he had unpaid vehicle tax, claiming: "I'm not very good at math."<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson_121-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2020 North Carolina Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary election<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mark Robinson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>240,843 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>32.52% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Wells_(American_politician)" title="Andy Wells (American politician)">Andy Wells</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">107,824 </td> <td style="text-align:right">14.56% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Johnson_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Mark Johnson (North Carolina politician)">Mark Johnson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">89,200 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.04% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">John L. Ritter </td> <td style="text-align:right">85,023 </td> <td style="text-align:right">11.48% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Renee_Ellmers" title="Renee Ellmers">Renee Ellmers</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">50,526 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.82% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Greg Gebhardt </td> <td style="text-align:right">50,474 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.81% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Deborah Cochran </td> <td style="text-align:right">48,234 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.51% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Stone" title="Scott Stone">Scott Stone</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">48,193 </td> <td style="text-align:right">6.51% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Buddy Bengel </td> <td style="text-align:right">20,395 </td> <td style="text-align:right">2.75% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>740,712 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/2020_North_Carolina_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election">2020 North Carolina lieutenant gubernatorial election</a><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mark Robinson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>2,800,655 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.63% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Lewis_Holley" title="Yvonne Lewis Holley">Yvonne Lewis Holley</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,623,458 </td> <td style="text-align:right">48.37% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,424,113 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100% </b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F6F6F6"> <td style="background-color:#E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>2024 North Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary election<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Mark Robinson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>699,917 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>66.0% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dale_Folwell" title="Dale Folwell">Dale Folwell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">196,108 </td> <td style="text-align:right">18.5% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn">Bill Graham </td> <td style="text-align:right">163,757 </td> <td style="text-align:right">15.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,059,782 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_minority_governors_and_lieutenant_governors_in_the_United_States" title="List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States">List of minority governors and lieutenant governors in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of North Carolina">List of lieutenant governors of North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_African-American_Republicans" title="List of African-American Republicans">List of African-American Republicans</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Caswell" title="Richard Caswell">Caswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnston" title="Samuel Johnston">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Martin" title="Alexander Martin">A. Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dobbs_Spaight" title="Richard Dobbs Spaight">Spaight Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ashe_(North_Carolina_governor)" title="Samuel Ashe (North Carolina governor)">Ashe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Richardson_Davie" title="William Richardson Davie">Davie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Williams" title="Benjamin Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Turner_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="James Turner (North Carolina politician)">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Alexander_(governor)" title="Nathaniel Alexander (governor)">Alexander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Williams" title="Benjamin Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Stone_(politician)" title="David Stone (politician)">Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Benjamin Smith (North Carolina politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hawkins_(governor)" title="William Hawkins (governor)">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Miller_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="William Miller (North Carolina politician)">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Branch" title="John Branch">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Franklin" title="Jesse Franklin">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Holmes" title="Gabriel Holmes">Holmes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hutchins_Gordon_Burton" title="Hutchins Gordon Burton">Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Iredell_Jr." title="James Iredell Jr.">Iredell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Owen_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="John Owen (North Carolina politician)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montfort_Stokes" title="Montfort Stokes">Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_L._Swain" title="David L. Swain">Swain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dobbs_Spaight_Jr." title="Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.">Spaight Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bishop_Dudley" title="Edward Bishop Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Motley_Morehead" title="John Motley Morehead">Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Alexander_Graham" title="William Alexander Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manly" title="Charles Manly">Manly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Settle_Reid" title="David Settle Reid">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Winslow" title="Warren Winslow">Winslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bragg" title="Thomas Bragg">Bragg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Willis_Ellis" title="John Willis Ellis">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Toole_Clark" title="Henry Toole Clark">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebulon_Vance" title="Zebulon Vance">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Woods_Holden" title="William Woods Holden">Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Worth_(governor)" title="Jonathan Worth (governor)">Worth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Woods_Holden" title="William Woods Holden">Holden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tod_Robinson_Caldwell" title="Tod Robinson Caldwell">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Hooks_Brogden" title="Curtis Hooks Brogden">Brogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zebulon_Vance" title="Zebulon Vance">Vance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Jarvis" title="Thomas J. Jarvis">Jarvis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Moore_Scales" title="Alfred Moore Scales">Scales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Gould_Fowle" title="Daniel Gould Fowle">Fowle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Michael_Holt" title="Thomas Michael Holt">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elias_Carr" title="Elias Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lindsay_Russell" title="Daniel Lindsay Russell">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brantley_Aycock" title="Charles Brantley Aycock">Aycock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Broadnax_Glenn" title="Robert Broadnax Glenn">Glenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Walton_Kitchin" title="William Walton Kitchin">Kitchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locke_Craig" title="Locke Craig">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walter_Bickett" title="Thomas Walter Bickett">Bickett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_A._Morrison" title="Cameron A. Morrison">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Wilton_McLean" title="Angus Wilton McLean">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Max_Gardner" title="Oliver Max Gardner">O. M. Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._B._Ehringhaus" title="John C. B. Ehringhaus">Ehringhaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_R._Hoey" title="Clyde R. Hoey">Hoey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Melville_Broughton" title="J. Melville Broughton">Broughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Gregg_Cherry" title="R. Gregg Cherry">Cherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._Kerr_Scott" title="W. Kerr Scott">W. K. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Umstead" title="William B. Umstead">Umstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_H._Hodges" title="Luther H. Hodges">Hodges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Sanford" title="Terry Sanford">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_K._Moore" title="Dan K. Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Scott" title="Robert W. Scott">R. W. 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Jarvis">Jarvis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Robinson" title="James L. Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manly_Stedman" title="Charles Manly Stedman">Stedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Michael_Holt" title="Thomas Michael Holt">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_A._Doughton" title="Rufus A. Doughton">Doughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Reynolds" title="Charles A. Reynolds">Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfred_D._Turner" title="Wilfred D. Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_D._Winston" title="Francis D. Winston">Winston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Newland" title="William C. Newland">Newland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elijah_L._Daughtridge" title="Elijah L. Daughtridge">Daughtridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Max_Gardner" title="Oliver Max Gardner">O. M. Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Cooper_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="William B. Cooper (North Carolina politician)">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Elmer_Long" title="J. Elmer Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_T._Fountain" title="Richard T. Fountain">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_H._Graham" title="Alexander H. Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkins_P._Horton" title="Wilkins P. Horton">Horton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reginald_L._Harris" title="Reginald L. Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynton_Y._Ballentine" title="Lynton Y. Ballentine">Ballentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Patrick_Taylor" title="Hoyt Patrick Taylor">Taylor Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_H._Hodges" title="Luther H. Hodges">Hodges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_E._Barnhardt" title="Luther E. Barnhardt">Barnhardt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Cloyd_Philpott" title="Harvey Cloyd Philpott">Philpott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_W._Scott" title="Robert W. Scott">R. W. Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Patrick_Taylor_Jr." title="Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr.">Taylor Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hunt" title="Jim Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_C._Green" title="James C. Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Jordan" title="Robert B. Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gardner_(politician)" title="Jim Gardner (politician)">J. Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_A._Wicker" title="Dennis A. Wicker">Wicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bev_Perdue" title="Bev Perdue">Perdue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_H._Dalton" title="Walter H. 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Carolina">North Carolina</a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. senators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thom_Tillis" title="Thom Tillis">Thom Tillis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Budd" title="Ted Budd">Ted Budd</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Seal_of_North_Carolina.svg/90px-Seal_of_North_Carolina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Seal_of_North_Carolina.svg/135px-Seal_of_North_Carolina.svg.png 1.5x, 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Berger (politician)">Phil Berger</a>, President pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Newton_(politician)" title="Paul Newton (politician)">Paul Newton</a>, Majority Leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Blue" title="Dan Blue">Dan Blue</a>, Minority Leader</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">House</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Moore_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Tim Moore (North Carolina politician)">Tim Moore</a>, Speaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Stevens_(politician)" title="Sarah Stevens (politician)">Sarah Stevens</a>, Speaker pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_R._Bell_IV" title="John R. 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padding:0em 0.5em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 14em;"> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Alabama" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Alabama">AL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Ainsworth" title="Will Ainsworth">Ainsworth</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Alaska" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Alaska">AK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dahlstrom" title="Nancy Dahlstrom">Dahlstrom</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Arizona" title="Secretary of State of Arizona">AZ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Fontes" title="Adrian Fontes">Fontes</a></i> (D)<sup><small>1</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Arkansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas">AR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Rutledge" title="Leslie Rutledge">Rutledge</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_California" title="Lieutenant Governor of California">CA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eleni_Kounalakis" title="Eleni Kounalakis">Kounalakis</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Colorado" title="List of lieutenant governors of Colorado">CO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Primavera" title="Dianne Primavera">Primavera</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Connecticut" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut">CT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Susan_Bysiewicz" title="Susan Bysiewicz">Bysiewicz</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delaware" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delaware">DE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Hall-Long" title="Bethany Hall-Long">Hall-Long</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Florida" title="Lieutenant Governor of Florida">FL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeanette_Nu%C3%B1ez" title="Jeanette Nuñez">Nuñez</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Georgia">GA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Burt_Jones" title="Burt Jones">Jones</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Hawaii" title="Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii">HI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Luke" title="Sylvia Luke">Luke</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Idaho" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Idaho">ID</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bedke" title="Scott Bedke">Bedke</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Illinois" title="Lieutenant Governor of Illinois">IL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Juliana_Stratton" title="Juliana Stratton">Stratton</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Indiana">IN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Crouch</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Iowa" title="List of lieutenant governors of Iowa">IA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Amy_Sinclair" title="Amy Sinclair">Sinclair</a> *</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kansas">KS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Toland" title="David Toland">Toland</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky">KY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Coleman" title="Jacqueline Coleman">Coleman</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">LA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Nungesser" title="Billy Nungesser">Nungesser</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Maine_Senate" title="List of presidents of the Maine Senate">ME</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Troy_Jackson_(politician)" title="Troy Jackson (politician)">Jackson</a></i> (D)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Maryland" title="Lieutenant Governor of Maryland">MD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Miller" title="Aruna Miller">A. Miller</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts">MA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kim_Driscoll" title="Kim Driscoll">Driscoll</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Michigan">MI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garlin_Gilchrist" title="Garlin Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota">MN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Flanagan" title="Peggy Flanagan">Flanagan</a> (DFL)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi">MS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Hosemann" title="Delbert Hosemann">Hosemann</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Missouri">MO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kehoe" title="Mike Kehoe">Kehoe</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Montana" title="List of lieutenant governors of Montana">MT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kristen_Juras" title="Kristen Juras">Juras</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nebraska">NE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelly_(attorney)" title="Joe Kelly (attorney)">Kelly</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nevada">NV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stavros_Anthony" title="Stavros Anthony">Anthony</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_New_Hampshire_Senate" title="List of presidents of the New Hampshire Senate">NH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bradley" title="Jeb Bradley">Bradley</a></i> (R)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey">NJ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tahesha_Way" title="Tahesha Way">Way</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico">NM</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howie_Morales" title="Howie Morales">Morales</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_York" title="Lieutenant Governor of New York">NY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Delgado" title="Antonio Delgado">Delgado</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">NC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robinson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota">ND</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Miller_(politician)" title="Tammy Miller (politician)">T. Miller</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Ohio">OH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Husted" title="Jon Husted">Husted</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma">OK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Pinnell" title="Matt Pinnell">Pinnell</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Secretary_of_State" title="Oregon Secretary of State">OR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Tobias_Read" title="Tobias Read">Read</a></i> (D)<sup><small>4</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">PA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Austin_Davis_(politician)" title="Austin Davis (politician)">Davis</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island">RI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sabina_Matos" title="Sabina Matos">Matos</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina">SC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Evette" title="Pamela Evette">Evette</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota">SD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Rhoden" title="Larry Rhoden">Rhoden</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee">TN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Randy_McNally" title="Randy McNally">McNally</a></i> (R)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Texas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Texas">TX</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(politician)" title="Dan Patrick (politician)">Patrick</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Utah" title="Lieutenant Governor of Utah">UT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Deidre_Henderson" title="Deidre Henderson">Henderson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of lieutenant governors of Vermont">VT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#c64c4b;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Zuckerman_(politician)" title="David Zuckerman (politician)">Zuckerman</a> (P)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">VA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Sears</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Washington" title="Lieutenant Governor of Washington">WA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Heck" title="Denny Heck">Heck</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_West_Virginia_Senate" title="President of the West Virginia Senate">WV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Craig_Blair" title="Craig Blair">Blair</a></i> (R)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin">WI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sara_Rodriguez" title="Sara Rodriguez">Rodriguez</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Wyoming" title="Secretary of State of Wyoming">WY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Gray_(Wyoming_politician)" title="Chuck Gray (Wyoming politician)">Gray</a></i> (R)<sup><small>1</small></sup></div></div> <div style="margin-top:1em"><b>Federal districts:</b></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">DC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Phil_Mendelson" title="Phil Mendelson">Mendelson</a></i> (D)<sup><small>3</small></sup></div></div><div class="nocolbreak"><div style="margin-top:1em"><b>Territories:</b></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_American_Samoa" title="Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa">AS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eleasalo_Ale" title="Eleasalo Ale">Ale</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Guam" title="Lieutenant Governor of Guam">GU</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Tenorio" title="Josh Tenorio">Tenorio</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands" title="Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands">MP</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#DCDCDC;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_M._Apatang" title="David M. Apatang">Apatang</a> (I)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Secretary of State of Puerto Rico">PR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#161687;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Omar_J._Marrero" title="Omar J. Marrero">Marrero</a></i> (PNP)<sup><small>1</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands">VI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tregenza_Roach" title="Tregenza Roach">Roach</a> (D)</div></div></div> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>An Asterisk indicates an acting Lt.Governor <p><i>Italics</i> indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant governor (United States)">lieutenant governor</a> or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant: </p> <ul><li>1. <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_(U.S._state_government)" title="Secretary of state (U.S. state government)">Secretary of State</a></li> <li>2. <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate" title="President of the Senate">President of the Senate</a></li> <li>3. <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia#Composition" title="Council of the District of Columbia">Council Chair</a></li> <li>4. <a href="/wiki/State_Treasurer" class="mw-redirect" title="State Treasurer">State Treasurer</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Political party affiliation</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>: 26 (26 states)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a>: 26 (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district)</li> <li><span style="color:#c64c4b;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vermont_Progressive_Party" title="Vermont Progressive Party">Vermont Progressive</a>: 1 (1 state)</li> <li><span style="color:#161687;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/New_Progressive_Party_of_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico">New Progressive</a>: 1 (1 territory)</li> <li><span style="color:#DCDCDC;">▌</span>Independent: 1 (1 territory)</li> <li><span style="color:#FFFFFF;">▌</span>Vacant: 1 (1 state)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r999519993"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_state_senates" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:U.S._State_Senate_Presidents" title="Template:U.S. State Senate Presidents"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:U.S._State_Senate_Presidents" title="Template talk:U.S. State Senate Presidents"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:U.S._State_Senate_Presidents" title="Special:EditPage/Template:U.S. State Senate Presidents"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Presidents_of_state_senates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Presidents of <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">state senates</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Patty_Murray" title="Patty Murray">Patty Murray</a> (D)</i></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left; padding:0em 0.5em;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Senate" title="Alabama Senate">AL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Ainsworth" title="Will Ainsworth">Ainsworth</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Greg_Reed" title="Greg Reed">Reed</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Alaska_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Senate">AK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Gary_Stevens_(politician)" title="Gary Stevens (politician)">Stevens</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Senate" title="Arizona Senate">AZ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Warren_Petersen" title="Warren Petersen">Petersen</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/T._J._Shope" title="T. J. Shope">Shope</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">AR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Rutledge" title="Leslie Rutledge">Rutledge</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Bart_Hester" title="Bart Hester">Hester</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">CA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eleni_Kounalakis" title="Eleni Kounalakis">Kounalakis</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Mike_McGuire_(politician)" title="Mike McGuire (politician)">McGuire</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">CO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Steve_Fenberg" title="Steve Fenberg">Fenberg</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/James_Coleman_(politician)" title="James Coleman (politician)">Coleman</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">CT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Susan_Bysiewicz" title="Susan Bysiewicz">Bysiewicz</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Martin_Looney" title="Martin Looney">Looney</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">DE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Hall-Long" title="Bethany Hall-Long">Hall-Long</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/David_Sokola" title="David Sokola">Sokola</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">FL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Albritton" title="Ben Albritton">Albritton</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jason_Brodeur" title="Jason Brodeur">Brodeur</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">GA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Burt_Jones" title="Burt Jones">Jones</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_(Georgia_politician)" title="John F. Kennedy (Georgia politician)">Kennedy</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">HI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Kouchi" title="Ron Kouchi">Kouchi</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">ID</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Bedke" title="Scott Bedke">Bedke</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Winder" title="Chuck Winder">Winder</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">IL</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Harmon" title="Don Harmon">Harmon</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/William_Cunningham_(Illinois_politician)" title="William Cunningham (Illinois politician)">Cunningham</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">IN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Crouch</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Rodric_Bray" title="Rodric Bray">Bray</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">IA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Amy_Sinclair" title="Amy Sinclair">Sinclair</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Brad_Zaun" title="Brad Zaun">Zaun</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">KS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ty_Masterson" title="Ty Masterson">Masterson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">KY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stivers" title="Robert Stivers">Stivers</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/David_P._Givens" title="David P. Givens">Givens</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">LA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Henry" title="Cameron Henry">Henry</a> (R), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Regina_Barrow" title="Regina Barrow">Barrow</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">ME</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Troy_Jackson_(politician)" title="Troy Jackson (politician)">Jackson</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">MD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Bill Ferguson (politician)">Ferguson</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Augustine" title="Malcolm Augustine">Augustine</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">MA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karen_Spilka" title="Karen Spilka">Spilka</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Will_Brownsberger" title="Will Brownsberger">Brownsberger</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">MI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garlin_Gilchrist" title="Garlin Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Moss" title="Jeremy Moss">Moss</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">MN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Joe_Champion" title="Bobby Joe Champion">Champion</a> (DFL), <span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Ann_Rest" title="Ann Rest">Rest</a> (DFL)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">MS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Hosemann" title="Delbert Hosemann">Hosemann</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Dean_Kirby" title="Dean Kirby">Kirby</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">MO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kehoe" title="Mike Kehoe">Kehoe</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Rowden" title="Caleb Rowden">Rowden</a></i> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">MT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Ellsworth" title="Jason Ellsworth">Ellsworth</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Bogner" title="Kenneth Bogner">Bogner</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">NE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelly_(attorney)" title="Joe Kelly (attorney)">Kelly</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/John_Arch_(politician)" title="John Arch (politician)">Arch</a> (R)</i>*</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">NV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stavros_Anthony" title="Stavros Anthony">Anthony</a> (R), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Pat_Spearman" title="Pat Spearman">Spearman</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">NH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bradley" title="Jeb Bradley">Bradley</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/James_P._Gray_(New_Hampshire_politician)" title="James P. Gray (New Hampshire politician)">Gray</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">NJ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Scutari" title="Nicholas Scutari">Scutari</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Turner" title="Shirley Turner">Turner</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">NM</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howie_Morales" title="Howie Morales">Morales</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Mimi_Stewart" title="Mimi Stewart">Stewart</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">NY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Delgado" title="Antonio Delgado">Delgado</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Andrea_Stewart-Cousins" title="Andrea Stewart-Cousins">Stewart-Cousins</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">NC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robinson</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Phil_Berger_(politician)" title="Phil Berger (politician)">Berger</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Senate" title="North Dakota Senate">ND</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Miller_(politician)" title="Tammy Miller (politician)">Miller</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Donald_Schaible" title="Donald Schaible">Schaible</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">OH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Huffman" title="Matt Huffman">Huffman</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i>Vacant</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">OK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Pinnell" title="Matt Pinnell">Pinnell</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Greg_Treat" title="Greg Treat">Treat</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">OR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rob_Wagner_(politician)" title="Rob Wagner (politician)">Wagner</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/James_Manning_Jr." title="James Manning Jr.">Manning</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">PA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Austin_Davis_(politician)" title="Austin Davis (politician)">Davis</a> (D), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Kim_Ward" title="Kim Ward">Ward</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">RI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dominick_J._Ruggerio" title="Dominick J. Ruggerio">Ruggerio</a> (D), <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Hanna_Gallo" title="Hanna Gallo">Gallo</a> (D)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">SC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Alexander" title="Thomas C. Alexander">Alexander</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">SD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Rhoden" title="Larry Rhoden">Rhoden</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Lee_Schoenbeck" title="Lee Schoenbeck">Schoenbeck</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">TN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Randy_McNally" title="Randy McNally">McNally</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Ferrell_Haile" title="Ferrell Haile">Haile</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate" title="Texas Senate">TX</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(politician)" title="Dan Patrick (politician)">Patrick</a> (R), <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_Schwertner" title="Charles Schwertner">Schwertner</a> (R)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; 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Terlaje">Terlaje</a> (D)*</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Senate" title="Northern Mariana Islands Senate">MP</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edith_DeLeon_Guerrero" title="Edith DeLeon Guerrero">DeLeon Guerrero</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">PR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#FF3333;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Dalmau" title="José Luis Dalmau">Dalmau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Popular_Democratic_Party_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)">PPD</a>), <span style="color:#FF3333;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Marially_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Huertas" title="Marially González Huertas">González</a> (PPD)</i></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; 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