josh stein is the likely nominee. josh stein has won state-wide in north carolina two elections in a row. both times he won as the democrat running in elections where donald trump was also on the ballot and winning the state. josh stein, the democratic attorney general of north carolina, thought to have a very good shot at the governorship in north carolina as a democratic likely nominee. we'll find out about his prospects in the primary in just a moment. on the republican side, in north carolina, the current lieutenant governor was the subject of the ad you saw. this is him, his name is mark robinson. he's leading the republican race for the nominee for governor in north carolina this year. he has railed against survivors of school gun massacres, as joy mentioned earlier, he's called them, quote, media prosti-tots and spoiled little bastards who need to shut up. he's called public school teachers wicked people. he said about the superhero movie black panther, it was, quote, created by an agnostic jew. he has also den