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Sabato's Crystal Ball says it's "likely" Josh Stein will win after Mark Robinson CNN report

The Crystal Ball team held an emergency meeting to change the ranking of our state. Here's how accurate they have been in the past...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A non-partisan group of political experts called "Sabato's Crystal Ball" said it's "likely" democrat Josh Stein will win the governor's race. The group is based out of the University of Virginia and correctly predicted more than 90 percent of races nationwide in 2022.

This comes after CNN released an investigative report that quotes messages allegedly by Robinson on an adult site years ago writing comments like, 'I'm a black nazi' and supporting bringing back slavery. CNN says Robinson wrote "I would certainly buy a few." Robinson says these comments were AI generated meant to hurt his campaign.

The Crystal Ball's leader said it's also possible that Robinson's performance in the election could hurt former president Donald Trump who endorsed Robinson writing that it could dampen the Republican Party's turnout in a process called reverse coattails.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign was quick to point out the ties between Robinson and former President Donald Trump. Her campaign tweeted four photos, showing them standing together for a picture.      Trump has endorsed Robinson in the past. At a speech in Greensboro earlier this year Trump said Robinson was even better than Dr. Martin Luther King jr. Trump's campaign hasn't responded to our request for comment about the report.

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