Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the Republican nominee for governor, vowed to stay in the race and pre-emptively denied the CNN report, which described years-old online remarks it said he made.

North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor promised to stay in the race on Thursday after CNN reported that he once called himself a "black NAZI!" and proposed bringing back slavery in comments posted on a pornography website.

Mark Robinson dismisses a CNN report about his alleged comments on an adult forum as "salacious tabloid lies".