PHILADELPHIA — Josh Shapiro won his bid Tuesday for governor in swing-state Pennsylvania, where he pledged to fend off Republican “extremists” who he said threatened to roll back rights for voting, gay marriage and access to abortion.
The Associated Press had not yet called the race when Shapiro took the stage at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center near Valley Forge National Park in Montgomery County, after 11:25 p.m. The wire service declared him the winner nearly an hour later.
“Real freedom won tonight,” Shapiro told his supporters.
