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Coming down the home stretch, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said he feels positive about his chances of becoming the state’s next governor.

Stein spoke with rrspin.com briefly this morning at Weldon Mills Theatre where he was one of the invited speakers at the Congressman G.K. Butterfield Highway dedication ceremony.

He is running against current Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson and is leading in several statewide polls, the latest being one which ended Monday by SoCal Strategies, a Republican-funded survey, and one which ended Sunday by Survey USA and the High Point University Research Center.

“We’re really optimistic,” Stein said. “There’s a lot of energy across the state, there’s really high turnout.”

He said, “People are excited about embracing our vision for this state which is forward-looking and positive. It’s about fighting for people and it’s in stark contrast to the vision of my opponent which is division, violence and hate — fighting job-killing culture wars.”

Asked about a seemingly low-key campaign in which his opponent has grabbed more national headlines, the attorney general said, “I don’t know your criteria for low-key. I mean CNN has not done any stories about me the way it has about my opponent. I’m fine with that.”

Asked what he would do for this part of the state, he said, “We want to make sure folks can succeed wherever they live and if they want to build their home in their hometown they have every opportunity to do that. We want to have strong economic growth and have excellent public schools. We need a good healthcare system, good infrastructure. These are all investments that the state can make to set up communities for success.”

Discussing the city’s recent bid for a casino at Carolina Crossroads where the theater is located, he said, “I have to learn a lot more about it. I don’t know that casinos are the best way for durable economic development but I’m open to learning more.”