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Tom Wolf elected governor of Pennsylvania
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Democrat Tom Wolf was elected Pennsylvania
governor Tuesday after the businessman and
first-time candidate spent 10 million of his own
money on an early TV ad campaign that endeared
him to voters and helped send unpopular Gov. Tom
Corbett to defeat. When he takes office in
January, Wolf will likely face a
Republican-controlled Legislature and a deep
budget deficit as he tries to make good on a
promise to dramatically increase the state
government's share of public school costs. He
said he's ready to roll up his sleeves and get to
work. The state must come together "to fund a
world-class public education system, create
family-sustaining jobs ... build safe
communities, and keep Pennsylvania beautiful,"
Wolf stated. Corbett is the first incumbent
governor to go down in defeat in the four decades
since the state's chief executive was allowed to
run for a second term. Wolf, 65, from the tiny
town of Mount Wolf, named after an ancestor, will
become the 47th governor of Pennsylvania and the
first since Richard Thornburgh in 1979 never to
have held elective office. The Governor of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the head of the
executive branch of Pennsylvania's state
government and serves as the commander-in-chief
of the state's military forces. The governor has
a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to
approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania
Legislature. Tom Wolf 54.89 Democrat
1,897,560 Tom Corbett 45.11 Republican
1,559,712
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  Barack Obama during his last two years in office.
  The thumping win upends the balance of power
  between the White House and Capitol Hill. Now,
  it's Democrats who will take the back seat on
  Capitol Hill, relying mostly on the power of the
  filibuster to stymie Republicans and keep Obama's
  legacy intact. In the House, the GOP won 246
  seats (of the 435 possible), its largest majority
  since World War II. Speaker John Boehner,
  celebrating a widened majority, said he is
  "humbled by the responsibility the American
  people have placed with us.
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  jumping on a plane so he could turn out to vote
  in his home district in Atlanta. Lil Jon, who is
  registered to vote under his real name, Jonathan
  Smith, emphatically announced Tuesday in an
  all-caps message on social media that he was on a
  6 a.m. flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta so that
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