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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, is projected to win a second term, defeating Republican challenger, Scott Wagner, according to .

Education was a key issue in the campaign, with Wolf increased funding flowing to schools during his tenure, though that most of that money went to pension costs for the state鈥檚 school employees. The paper reports that basic education funding increased by about 10 percent while Wolf was in office. Wolf was first elected four years ago on a promise of reversing cuts made by the previous governor, Republican Tom Corbett. One of his biggest backers this time was the state teachers union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association.

A recent National Education Association memo about the midterm elections described re-electing Wolf as 鈥渁 top priority鈥� because he has 鈥渟tood up against right wing forces in a Republican dominated legislature to restore massive education cuts.鈥�

“The governor ran being an education governor, and he’s not disappointed us,” Dolores McCracken, the union’s president, during the campaign. However, many of the campaign promises he made in 2014 haven鈥檛 been enacted, the paper reports.

If you care about our education system, VOTE. I restored the $1 billion education cuts because I believe in the future of Pennsylvania’s schools and students. That’s why I have increasingly invested in STEM and apprenticeship programs.

鈥� Tom Wolf (@WolfForPA)

Wagner, a former state senator, also made education a major part of his platform, saying he would provide grants for high-performing teachers and increase education spending without raising taxes, in part by privatizing alcohol sales in the state. Wagner and Wolf are both businessmen from York, Pennsylvania, where the local paper endorsed Wolf. President Donald Trump Wagner, who was using the president鈥檚 campaign playbook.

Trump in 2016, but 52 percent of likely voters there disapprove of how he鈥檚 doing, conducted by Muhlenberg College and the Allentown Morning Call found.

Incumbent Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is the projected winner in the commonwealth’s race for governor. Latest:

鈥� NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia)

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