Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is elected to a second term.

Providence (AP)— Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, who made the case for a second term by promising voters she would continue Rhode Island’s economic momentum, was re-elected Tuesday, handily beating back a challenge from Allan Fung, the Republican mayor of Cranston.

“Tonight, by a resounding victory, the people of Rhode Island said they want to keep going,” she said in her victory speech at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Providence. “We want to rebuild our roads. We want to invest in education. We want to create jobs. We want to preserve people’s health care, and we want to preserve our way of life, where there is a place in Rhode Island for everybody.”

Fung, in his concession speech, tipped his cap to Raimondo for getting her supporters to turn out. “It’s not easy to take on a machine, but we had the courage and the vision to bring the right kind of change to Rhode Island and speak our mind, and I’m damn proud of that fact,” he said.

During the campaign, Raimondo argued that Fung and independent Joe Trillo would take the state backward. She raised more and outspent them by a large margin.

Fung, the leader of the state’s second-largest city, tried to portray Raimondo as incompetent and lobbed attacks at her record, including the disastrous rollout of a public benefits computer system under her watch. Fung, who also lost to Raimondo in a three-way race in 2014, proposed lowering the sales tax and slashing business fees and taxes.

As she turns to her second and final term, Raimondo has said she wants to continue offering tax credits and incentives to attract companies to Rhode Island. She’ll also seek to expand job training programs she started and make larger investments in helping small businesses.