The CNN KFile investigation cited comments made on a pornography forum for the website Nude Africa under the name "Minisoldr." Details reportedly linked the profile to Mark Robinson.

He wished he could join the KKK, supported slavery, and bashed Martin Luther King Jr., all on an old porn website where he used to write.

Mr. Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina, vowed to stay in the race and sought to deny the report, which also said he had defended slavery in online posts years ago.