Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will not be joined by his party's embattled pick for North Carolina governor when he visits the critical electoral state on Saturday, the Trump campaign said.

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten breaks down the importance of the state of North Carolina in the upcoming presidential election.

Trump’s rally came just days after the GOP’s nominee for governor, whom he has repeatedly embraced, became the subject of an intense barrage of negative attention.

Robinson, the lieutenant governor of North Carolina, allegedly posted inflammatory comments on the message board of a pornography website years ago, CNN reported.

North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor is at the center of a national news story. That's because of the salacious nature of a series of posts by Mark Robinson, unearthed by CNN, from a pornography web site's discussion board.

At a Trump rally in Wilmington, N.C., many said they would still vote for the embattled Republican nominee for governor.

Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state with direct appeals to women.

Donald Trump delivered a speech attacking rival Kamala Harris and detailing his campaign pledges during a visit to North Carolina, while avoiding mention of the state’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson and the firestorm surrounding his candidacy.

Donald Trump is returning to North Carolina to stump in the southern battleground state that both Democrats and Republicans are treating as increasingly critical to victory in November.

Trump did not mention Robinson − his party's nominee for governor of a key state − before or during an airport rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, two days after a bombshell news report about Robinson's online habits threatened Trump's chances in a key battleground.