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+Tom Wolf (D) 
1,920,355
 54.93%
Tom Corbett (R) i
 1,575,511
 45.07%

3,495,866
Voter registration: 8,251,050.
Plurality: 344,844 votes (9.86 percentage points).
PA Department of State


DEMOCRATIC PICK UP
Notes: Tom Wolf (D), an executive at The Wolf Organization who served as secretary of revenue for two years during the Rendell administration, defeated Gov. Tom Corbett (R). 

Corbett was unopposed in the May 20 primary.  Wolf topped a field of four candidates, obtaining 488,917 votes (57.86%) followed by U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz 149,027 (17.64%), Treasurer Rob McCord 142,311 (16.84%) and former Pennsylvania Secretary of Environmental Protection Katie McGinty 64,754 (7.66%).

Third party candidates Ken Krawchuk (L) and Paul Glover (G) failed to qualify for the November ballot.

Wolf and Corbett engaged in three debates: at the  Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry annual dinner in Hershey on Sept. 22 (>); at the CBS Broadcast Center in Philadelphia on Oct. 1; and at WTAE-TV with the LWV of PA in Pittsburgh on Oct. 8 (>).

The National Institute on Money in Politics reported this was the second most expensive race of the cycle; candidates raised a total of $91.9 million: Wolf $36.3 million (including $10 million from the candidate), Corbett $34.0 million, Allyson Schwartz $9.3 million, Rob McCord $8.3 million, and Katie McGinty $3.3 million (>).
 

 Campaign Managers:
 Tom Wolf:  Joe Shafer
(Apr. 2013). Campaign manager for WV Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Feb. 2011-Nov. 2012.  Northeast political director at the DCCC, Apr. 2009-Jan. 2011.  Executive director for the Pennsylvania HDCC, Mar. 2008-Mar. 2009.  Campaign manager on No on I-960 (WA), Aug.-Nov. 2007.  Campaign manager on Zack Space for Congress (OH-18), June-Nov. 2006.  Campaign manager on Tammy Duckworth for Congress (IL-6), Dec. 2005-Apr. 2006.  Campaign manager on Leslie Byrne for Lt. Governor (VA), Mar.-Nov. 2005.  Campaign manager on David Valesky for State Senate (NY), July-Nov. 2004.  Studied at Northwestern University.

Tom Corbett:  Mike Barley
(Apr. 15, 2013). Moved to the campaign from position as executive director of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania; started in that role in Jan. 2011 after serving as director of communications and technology for the party from 2005.  Graduate of Millersville University.  Hummelstown native.
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