HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial candidates’ first debate is this evening. Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and Democratic challenger Tom Wolf will square off at a Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and Industry dinner in Hershey.

For months, independent polls have consistently shown Wolf, a wealthy York businessman, with a wide lead over Corbett, formerly the state’s two-term attorney general.

Tonight’s forum is the first of three events agreed to by the candidates. The others will be on Oct. 1 in Philadelphia and Oct. 8 in Pittsburgh.

Wolf will have an opportunity to make news when he addresses a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon earlier today. The debate will be televised at 7:30 p.m. on PCN, Armstrong Channel 47.