Tom wolfe - wikipedia
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ’71 gets a kick out of talking about the roads not taken—such as the academic life for which he had once so assiduously prepared.
His calling card was his 1981doctoral dissertation on the U.S. House of Representatives in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was honored by the American Political Science Association as the best of the year, and Wolf isn’t shy about saying so: He showed off that tome in one of his famous campaign ads, which highlighted his navy-blue Jeep, two adoring daughters, business experience, low-key persona and small-town roots. The $15-million ad campaign, into which he poured $10 million of his own, propelled Wolf from 2 percent in the polls to a 2014 landslide Democratic primary victory over several better-known opponents. The November 2014 general election, against an unpopular Republican incumbent, Tom Corbett, turned out to be a cakewalk. “It wasn’t miraculous,” Wolf says of his rapid political ascent. “I just told my story.”
But it could all so easily have gone a different way.
“So it was New Year’s Eve,” the new go
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Tom Wolf
Governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023
Not to be confused with Tom Wolfe.
For other people with the same name, see Thomas Wolf (disambiguation).
Thomas Westerman Wolf (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 47th governor of Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2023.[1] He previously served as chairman and CEO of his business, The Wolf Organization, and later as secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue from April 2007 to November 2008.
A member of the Democratic Party, Wolf won his party's nomination for governor of Pennsylvania in 2014 and defeated Republican incumbent Tom Corbett in the general election by a margin of almost 10 percentage points. He was reelected in 2018. Wolf was succeeded by Democrat Josh Shapiro in 2023.
Early life and education
Wolf was born and raised in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania, the son of Cornelia Rohlman (née Westerman) (1923–2018) and William Trout Wolf (1921–2016), a business executive.[2][3][4] His hometown was named after his ancestor
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REFORMING GOVERNMENT
Leading by Example
Governor Wolf refuses to take a state salary or pension. He also requires cabinet secretaries to post their expenses online each month.
SENIORS
Enhancing Quality of Care
Governor Wolf created a task force to enhance the quality of care for seniors in long-term living facilities.
OPIOID CRISIS
Improving Doctor Prescribing Guidelines
Governor Wolf has announced improved prescribing guidelines for the safe and effective use of opioids.
ENVIRONMENT
Banning Drilling in the Delaware River Basin
In September, Governor Wolf and the governors of Delaware and New York, comprising a majority of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), announced that they voted in favor of a resolution put forward by the commission to issue draft regulations to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas in the Delaware River Basin.
ENVIRONMENT
Enacting the Gas Drilling Moratorium
With one of his first actions in office, Governor Wolf enacted a gas drilling moratorium on Pennsylvania’s state parks. Governor Wolf knows we must stri
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