PITTSBURG POST-GAZETTE: … [Tom Wolf ] heads a family-founded kitchen supply firm that he helped revitalize in a rescue that temporarily suspended his political ambitions four years ago. Mr. Wolf, a former state secretary of revenue in the Rendell Cabinet, had been laying the foundation for a bid for governor in 2009 when he got the news that the firm he had headed for a quarter century was foundering in the wake of the financial crisis. He had sold the firm to his employees but repurchased it, changed its business model and salvaged its prospects…
A few weeks ago, as the state’s political class was preparing to head to New York City for the annual revels of the Pennsylvania Society, Mr. Wolf jumped the gun on contribution reports with the news that, in addition to his own $10 million commitment, his campaign already had raised $2.85 million. The campaign finance totals for the 2013 fundraising year are not due to be filed until the end of this month, but the early disclosure of third-party donations amounted to one more unmistakable assertion by the Wolf campaign that they belong in the first rank of the big field of would-be challengers to Gov. Tom Corbett…
Mr. Wolf received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. He received a master’s from the University of London and went on to earn a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His dissertation focused on the dynamics of change in Congress from 1878 to 1920… (more)
