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The Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, is named after the former governor. Ridge was instrumental in securing funds for the center. Ridge was instrumental in securing funds for the center.
The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard. [2]The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to approve or veto bills passed by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, [3] as well as to convene the legislature. [4]
Schweiker with Governors Tom Ridge, Tom Wolf, Tom Corbett, and Ed Rendell in 2015 Schweiker left office when his term expired on January 21, 2003. He became president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce in February 2003 and served until 2009 when he announced his resignation to join Philadelphia-area pharmaceutical ...
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge is stepping down from the boards of Exelon and Peco Energy to pursue a business opportunity with PricewaterhouseCoopers . The companies disclosed the change late ...
Former Govs. Tom Ridge, Mark Schweiker, Ed Rendell and Tom Corbett said the state’s election process will be “open and transparent.” Former Pa. governors ask candidates Mastriano, Shapiro to ...
The 1994 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. The incumbent governor, Bob Casey, Sr. (Democrat), was barred from seeking a third term by the state constitution. The Republican Party nominated Congressman Tom Ridge, while the Democrats nominated Mark Singel, Casey's lieutenant governor. Ridge went on to win the race ...
Ridge, a popular moderate, won with 57 percent of the votes cast. As of 2024, this was the last gubernatorial election in which Delaware, Lackawanna and Montgomery counties voted for the Republican candidate, and was the last time a Republican was re-elected as Governor of Pennsylvania.
The 2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Republican governor Mark Schweiker, who took office in 2001 when Tom Ridge resigned to become Homeland Security Advisor, was eligible to run for a full term, but did not do so.