N.C. governor’s race pits Jewish Democrat against Republican who says he apologized for past antisemitism

(JTA) — When North Carolina voters go to the polls in November to elect their next governor, they will choose between a Jewish Democrat and a Republican who has been accused of antisemitism but said he apologized.

Both parties’ contests were called relatively early on Tuesday evening, as soon as the polls closed. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who has troubled his state’s Jewish community with past remarks considered antisemitic for which he has expressed remorse, was projected to win the Republican nod for governor, and will face off against Josh Stein, the state’s…