North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein in Raleigh, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. Photo by Carla Peay/The Atlanta VoiceGUILFORD COUNTY, NC – It’s day three of early voting in North Carolina and the candidates are making their cases to the voters in person at voting locations across the state. Attorney General Josh Stein, the Democratic candidate for Governor, cast his ballot at the Southeast Raleigh YMCA on Thursday, the first day of early voting in the state. Lt. Governor Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for Governor, cast his ballot on Saturday at the Deep River Recreation Center in High Point.“From our exit polling, what we’re seeing is a ton of conservatives getting out to vote early and I think they’re eager,” Robinson said. “What they’re eager for is change at the very top, at the federal level and at the state level.”Robinson continues to denounce the CNN report released on September 19, which claimed Robinson made explicit racial and sexual posts on a message board several years ago. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, the Lt. Governor filed a $50 million lawsuit against CNN. Robinson called the CNN report a “high-tech lynching”, using the same term Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas used during his confirmation hearing in 1991.Despite the report, Robinson maintains it will have no effect on his chances to win the governor’s race.“We’re going to be on the ground with the people, talking to the people, meeting with the people and telling them about our vision,” Robinson said.A few miles north of where Robinson was casting his ballot, Stein was meeting with canvassing volunteers to support Tanneshia Dukes, who is running for the North Carolina House of Representatives for District 59.“I’m really excited about all the energy we’re experiencing around North Carolina,” Stein said. “The stakes of this election are incredibly high.” Stein is working hard for down ballot candidates in order to help elect enough Democrats to break the Supermajority in the state legislature.Photo by Carla Peay/The Atlanta Voice“I’ve been really heartened to see all the support we have gotten so far,” Stein said. As election day approaches, the polls have tightened up. As little as a week ago, a poll by Redfield & Wilson Strategies reported that Stein’s lead had climbed to 17 percent, but the most recent numbers have the race at seven percent.  “I feel really good about where we are, but polls will tighten,” Stein said. “I never pay too much attention to them. Head down, run hard, go through the tape, talk to as many voters as we can to try to show them how our vision can help their families have a better future.” The post NC gubernatorial candidates Josh Stein and Mark Robinson still hard at work on the campaign trail appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.