NBC News reports:
Democrat Josh Shapiro defeated far-right Republican Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania governor’s race on Tuesday, NBC News projected, providing Democrats with a significant victory in a contest where oversight of the 2024 election and abortion rights took center stage.
Shapiro, the state attorney general, framed his opponent as an extremist and sought to make his campaign about protecting Pennsylvanians’ freedom to vote, to access abortion care and to unionize.
Mastriano, a state senator who lead the charge to try to overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state, generated a core of grassroots GOP supporters during the primary but was unable to broaden his coalition.
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Josh Shapiro elected Pennsylvania governor, NBC News projects. Shapiro’s victory over Republican Doug Mastriano keeps a key swing state’s election infrastructure out of the hands of a 2020 election denier for the next four years. https://t.co/ELsbJqCz2J pic.twitter.com/Svt9YJVvdE
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