Philadelphia businessman Tom Knox has thrown his hat in the gubernatorial ring - the cyber ring anyway.
While former state Revenue Secretary Tom Wolf has made known his intentions by filing the paperwork needed to run for governor, Democrat Tom Knox appears to be the first not-yet-declared candidate in the 2010 governor's race to launch a Web site.
The "Knox for Governor" site includes a bio that charts his trajectory from the Abbotsford housing projects to successful businessman - with a detour into the public sector in 1992 to help Mayor Rendell solve Philadelphia's fiscal crisis.
Knox, who finished second to Michael Nutter in the five-way Democratic primary in 2007, touts his early support for Barack Obama and the need to begin "initiating a new era of independent and responsible leadership."
With Rendell unable to run for a third term, it's a wide open contest next year.Among the other Dems considering a run are two county executives: Allegheny's Dan Onorato and Lehigh's Don Cunningham and Auditor General Jack Wagner. Attorney General Tom Corbett and former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan are the two most talked about names on the Republican side.
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