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WEBVTT OF PEOPLE IN HERE. THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS NOW ADDRESSING THE CROWD -- YOU LISTEN. >> WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND CHOICE WAS ON THE BALLOT. IN PENNSYLVANIA, PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS ON THE BALLOT. LGBTQ WRITES WERE ON THE BALLOT. AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT PENNSYLVANIA DID? WHAT DID THEY DO? PENNSYLVANIA GAVE TOM WOLF FOUR MORE YEARS. FOUR MORE YEARS. >> OR MORE YEARS -- FOUR MORE YEARS. [CHANTING] >> AND IT IS THE GREAT HONOR OF MINE, TO INTRODUCE YOU, YOUR GOVERNOR WOLF, REELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM, GOVERNOR TOM WOLF. [APPLAUSE] FOUR MORE YEARS! [CHANTING] >> HEY, EVERYBODY. I WANT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM TOM WOLF. I AM JOHN FEDERMAN’S RUNNING MATE. I WANT TO THANK ACTUALLY JOHN AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY FOR RUNNING. WE MAKE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM, DON’T YOU THINK? I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT FOUR YOUR SPIRIT WE WILL DO GREAT THINGS FOR PENNSYLVANIA. I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY. IF THAT IS ALL RIGHT WITH YOU. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND BEST FRIEND, MY WIFE OF 43 YEARS, FRANCIS. MY TWO DAUGHTERS, SARAH AND KATE , AND THEIR HUSBANDS, JAMIE AND JOE. I OWE THEM EVERYTHING. IOU EVERYTHING. YOU DID EVERYTHING TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. YOU TOOK CALLS AND GOT PEOPLE OUT TO VOTE OR YOU CAN BEST YOU ACTUALLY VOTED. BY VOTING, YOU DID SOME AMAZING THINGS. WHAT YOU DID, I THINK, WAS MAKE A GREAT FUTURE FOR PENNSYLVANIA. THAT IS WHAT TONIGHT IS ABOUT. ALL ACROSS AMERICA, PEOPLE DID WHAT YOU DID. THEY VOTED YOU VOTED TO BRING THINGS BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE. YOU VOTED -- VOTED FOR BETTER LIVES AND TO HOLD ON TO OUR DEMOCRACY, TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THEM BETTER, YOU VOTED FOR ACCESS TO QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE. YOU VOTED TO MAKE PENNSYLVANIA A FAIRER PLACE FOR EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU LOVE, REGARDLESS OF THE RELIGION YOU PROFESS, REGARDLESS OF YOUR GENDER. PENNSYLVANIA HAS TO BE A FAIRER PLACE. YOU UNDERSTOOD AND VOTED FOR THAT. TODAY, YOU VOTED FOR A STRONGER ECONOMY AND FAMILY SUSTAINING JOBS. YOU VOTED TO PROTECT SENIORS. YOU VOTED TO PROTECT WOMEN. TODAY, YOU VOTED FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE THAT ACTUALLY HAS INTEGRITY, THAT YOU CAN TRUST TO BE CONFIDENT. TODAY, YOU VOTED FOR A PENNSYLVANIA THAT HAS A GREAT FUTURE. WHAT WE ARE DOING IS CONTINUING A GOOD JOURNEY TOWARD THE RIGHT FUTURE WE ALL DESERVE. I AM PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER. FOUR YEARS AGO, I SAID WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, SO LET’S GET STARTED. TONIGHT, I HAVE BASICALLY THE SAME MESSAGE. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. LET’S GET BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FOUR MORE YEAR

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Pennsylvania's newly elected lieutenant governor said Wednesday he does not plan to move into the lavish state-owned official residence and hopes to make it available for some type of public use.Democrat John Fetterman said that he may rent a place in Harrisburg, but that he's definitely not moving his family to Harrisburg or to the residence at Fort Indiantown Gap.Click the video above to watch the victory speech by Gov. Tom Wolf and Lt. Gov.-elect John Fetterman."We're not going to reside in the mansion," Fetterman said during a postelection visit to the Capitol newsroom. "My wife and I envision, and the governor supports, some kind of public usage of it. Particularly swimming for children."He said his family will remain in Braddock, a western Pennsylvania steel town where he is mayor."Not that Harrisburg's not a wonderful town," Fetterman said, noting he grew up outside York, about 25 miles from the capital. But he added his family has "a real strong allegiance both practically but also symbolically to the community that I've been lucky enough to lead for the past four terms."Fetterman beat Lt. Gov. Mike Stack, a former state senator, and three others in the Democratic primary this year to become Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's running mate.Wolf and Stack were never particularly close, but that was exacerbated last year when the governor stripped Stack of Pennsylvania State Police protection and limited cleaning, groundskeeping and maintenance at the State House, as it is called, after an investigation that wasn't made public into how state employees were treated there and the use of the state police troopers.Stack's office later disclosed his wife had entered treatment for an undisclosed mental health issue.Stack spokesman J.P. Kurish said the residence's location may present a problem for plans to convert it to a more public purpose."It would be difficult, because it sits on a military base," Kurish said. "So it's really not public land."The property includes a couple houses and a pool that was closed at the end of the season for a pump repair, the General Services Department said. The state's staff and maintenance costs have run about $400,000 a year recently, said agency spokesman Troy Thompson. He said officials will work with Fetterman on the property's future.The staff had once included a cook, a full-time cleaning person, a maintenance worker and a manager, Kurish said. But since Wolf imposed changes, it has consisted of a full-time maintenance worker. The three-story, stone exterior State House comprises about 2,400 square feet.Stack's future plans remain unclear, he said."As far as I know, he's still entertaining offers and hasn't made a decision on that," Kurish said.As lieutenant governor, Fetterman will preside over sessions of the state Senate.Lieutenant governors chair the state Board of Pardons, sit on the emergency management council and typically take a leading role in working with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.Wolf has not moved into the governor's residence along the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, instead commuting 20 miles to the Capitol from his home in Mount Wolf, a York County borough named for an ancestor.