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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Mark Robinson announces he won’t run for Senate in 2026 as he ditches CNN lawsuit over porn site scandal

Former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson, who ran for governor in 2024, has announced that he will not seek public office in the future and that he’s dropping a lawsuit against CNN for the network’s reporting on comments he made on a porn site.

Robinson wrote on X on Friday that he was sharing “an important life update” and that he and his family were “turning the page.”

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