HARRISBURG (AP) Tom Wolf, the only Democrat nationally to unseat a sitting Republican governor in the Nov. 4 election, was poised to be sworn in Tuesday as Pennsylvania's 47th governor at an outdoor ceremony at the state Capitol.

The former businessman's personal wealth and political circumstances helped sweep him into Pennsylvania's highest public office as he crushed GOP Gov. Tom Corbett's re-election bid by winning nearly 55 percent of the vote.Wolf, 65, was scheduled to take his oath at noon outside the rear entrance to the Capitol. His running mate, state Sen. Mike Stack of Philadelphia, was to take his oath as lieutenant governor earlier in a state Senate ceremony that is closed to the public.Stack will relinquish the Senate seat he has held for 14 years, but the duties of his new office include serving as the Senate's presiding officer.Wolf was scheduled to take his oath following an introduction by former Gov. Ed Rendell, who served two terms before Corbett's election. Penny Blackwell, a judge from Wolf's native York County, was scheduled to administer his oath while Wolf places his hand on a Bible that has been in his family since the mid-19th century.Post-inaugural events include an art show at the Pennsylvania State Museum and will culminate in a $100-a-ticket bash at the Hershey Lodge that will feature live musical performances and a broad array of food and drinks from across the state.A few months before the Democratic primary, Wolf launched a TV campaign financed with $10 million of his own money that portrayed him as a Jeep-driving family man and political outsider. It resonated with viewers and transformed him into the front-runner almost overnight. He won a four-way primary with 58 percent of the vote and turned the general-election campaign into a referendum on Corbett.Wolf's campaign motto promised a "fresh start for Pennsylvania," but some of his major proposals such as a 5 percent extraction tax on natural gas drilling are likely to encounter strong GOP resistance unless there are reductions in cost drivers such as public pensions.Demonstrating his willingness to do things differently, Wolf is refusing to accept the governor's salary, nearly $191,000 this year, and has said he and his wife, Frances, will continue to live at their home in Mount Wolf instead of the governor's residence in Harrisburg, about 30 miles away.On his first day in office, Wolf has vowed to issue executive orders barring all executive-branch employees from accepting gifts and prohibiting no-bid contracts with private law firms.A poll by the Mercyhurst Center for Applied Politics at Mercyhurst University in Erie shows almost seven in 10 voters (69 percent) are very or somewhat confident in Wolf's ability to lead the state.Almost as many (65 percent) feel at least somewhat confident in his ability to solve the state's problems.They are more skeptical that Wolf will be able to work effectively with the Republican-led House and Senate with slightly more than half (52 percent) very or somewhat confident and four in 10 (40 percent) somewhat lacking in confidence or lacking any confidence that will happen.Half of voters (50 percent) also think Wolf will do a better job than Gov. Tom Corbett with only one in nine (11 percent) believing he will do worse.Tribune News Agency contributed to this report.