DURHAM — New Hampshire governor candidates former Sen. Kelly Ayotte and former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig are neck and neck in the race to replace Gov. Chris Sununu, according to a new poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state’s Republican candidate for governor, said he would stay in the race and denied new accusations that he posted racist, antigay and inflammatory comments on a pornography-website message board more than a decade ago.

The North Carolina Republican Party released a statement Thursday evening defending its gubernatorial nominee, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, after an explosive report about him was released. “Mark Robinson has categorically denied the allegations made by CNN but that won’t stop the Left from trying to demonize him via personal attacks,