AFTERNOON. I'M JACKIE PASCALE. WE START WITH COMMITMENT 2024. THE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR ARE MEETING WITH VOTERS IN THE TRIAD. THIS WEEK. THIS MORNING, REPUBLICAN MARK ROBINSON STOPPED BY THE VILLAGE GRILL ON SECOND AVENUE THERE IN LEXINGTON. HE SPOKE WITH VOTERS ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO THEM OVER BREAKFAST AT THE RESTAURANT THIS EVENING, ROBINSON WILL BE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO MEET WITHTH VOTERS THERE. NOT EVERYONE IN LEXINGTON WAS EAGER TO HEAR MARK ROBINSON'S MESSAGE, THOUGH. ABOUT A DOZEN PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT HOLDING SIGNS DENOUNCING HIS PAST STATEMENTS ON WOMEN, -- AND LGBTQ PEOPLE. THE GROUP LATER MOVED TO THE WINDOW SO ROBINSON COULD SEE THEIR SIGNS. HOWEVER, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LEFT THROUGH THE BACK DOOR OF THE BUSINESS TO AVOID ENCOUNTERING THE GROUP. ROBINSON'S DEMOCRATIC RIVAL IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, JOSH STEIN, WILL VISIT THE TRYOUT ON FRIDAY. HIS CAMPAIGN SAYS HE IS SPEAKING AT THE STATE EMPLOYEES