Embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson stopped by a polling place in Bahama, N.C., to meet voters, but didn't find many to greet. “Election Day is not quite as busy as it has been in past presidential cycles,

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina voters choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper were deciding Tuesday between an attorney general who would carry on Cooper’s policies and a lieutenant governor whose blunt speaking style and working-class history favored him among hardline conservatives.

The election was one of 11 gubernatorial contests. Voters also considered dozens of hot-button ballot measures and thousands of state legislative races.