WASHINGTON — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on Saturday made some of his strongest statements yet suggesting he will run for governor in 2024.
“It’s time for me to stand up and serve,” Robinson, the state’s top Republican executive office-holder, said during a speech at the influential Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C.
He spoke the words in the context of American soldiers sent to World War II, making the point that nobody wants to go to battle but they do so anyway out of a sense of duty. He used it to illustrate what he described as his calling — not desire — to lead. “I don't want to be the governor,” he said. “You see that's the problem in that statement.”
Robinson, who in 2020 was elected the state's first Black lieutenant governor, has previously said he’s extremely likely to run for the state’s highest executive office. Current Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper won't run again due to term limits.
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