Politics PA

Tom Knox acknowledged Thursday that his plan to reform campaign finances would help wealthy candidates, such as himself, who wouldn’t face any restrictions on how much they can donate to their own effort.

But the Democratic gubernatorial candidate said during an afternoon conference call with reporters that the people of Pennsylvania might benefit to have a personally wealthy governor because he or she could help end “pay-to-play” politics.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Knox on Thursday will unveil a list of government and electoral reforms he says he’ll bring to Harrisburg if elected, including vows to enact stringent campaign finance reform and force sitting public officials to resign if they undertake a campaign for new office.

“Because I am not a career politician, I have no stake protecting Harrisburg’s business-as-usual culture,” Knox said in a statement his campaign provided PoliticsPA. “If elected governor, it will be my priority to work to restore public confidence in the ability of state government to respond to the needs of families, and not just the demands of politically connected special interests.”