Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson seriously considering run for U.S. Senate in 2022 (NC)

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Carolina Journal

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a Republican, is thinking seriously about a run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and plans to announce his decision within days, multiple sources tell Carolina Journal.

Robinson has contacted other major candidates also expected to run for the seat of retiring Sen. Richard Burr.

CJ has obtained a copy of polling questions for a survey apparently commissioned by people close to Robinson. One question asks whether voters would be more or less likely to vote for him so soon into his term. Another asks whether they think teachers are indoctrinating students on how to think about religion, politics, and social issues. CJ doesn’t have results from the poll, which also asks those surveyed how often they attend church, as well as their level of support for former President Trump.

Former Gov. Pat McCrory, CJ has reported, plans to enter the GOP Senate primary, as has U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, and Rep. Mark Walker, who until this week had the race to himself.

Robinson defeated the Democrat, Rep. Yvonne Lewis Holley, in 2020 to become lieutenant governor, and he’s the first African American to hold the position. Robinson got 51.6% of the vote to Holley’s 48.4%. Since then, he has developed a strong following in Republican activist circles and among supporters of the Second Amendment. He has also become a favorite enemy of left-leaning groups and some media.

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1. He would be the easiest to beat

he floated in under the radar for LG (we run them as separate races and the LG race gets no real coverage). He won, because generic GOP won this year in NC. He is utterly uneducated, he is very much a twitter troll, and unlike Trump he is not able to get away with that due to his being black and not wealthy. He won a multi person primary for LG with less than 50% of the vote. I doubt he will get the nomination, but if he does, we would be the weakest candidate they could choose.