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Corbett, Wolf Prep for 1st Debate in Race for Pennsylvania Governor

Pennsylvania's gubernatorial candidates' first debate is only hours away.

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and Democratic challenger are to square off Monday evening 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.

Monday'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 in the day.

Corbett will be in the limelight Friday, when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joins him at a GOP dinner in suburban Harrisburg.

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