(C) Democratic candidate for Governor Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro poses with supporters following a joint rally with Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman at Norris Park on October 15, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Josh Shapiro won the Pennsylvania governor’s race, defeating Republican Doug Mastriano and keeping the swing-state office in Democratic hands, NBC News projected.
Shapiro led Mastriano by about 11 percentage points with roughly 64% of the vote in, according to NBC.
He will succeed Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who reached the commonwealth’s limit of two consecutive four-year terms.
Shapiro won after enjoying a significant financial and polling advantage throughout the race. The Democrat raised and spent around $44 million for his campaign, more than 10 times Mastriano, who spent less than $4 million.
Shapiro led polls consistently in the lead-up to Election Day. He held a more than 10 percentage point edge over Mastriano in an average of polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight.
The Democrat Shapiro has served as Pennsylvania’s attorney general since 2017 and was previously a state representative. He ran on issues such as protecting abortion access, defeating false claims about fraud in the 2020 election and reforming the criminal justice system to address inherent biases.
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