Outside O’Rourke’s Diner in Middletown, GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley of Greenwich said he hoped to have “at last three” debates with Malloy, his Democratic counterpart.
Asked how he would win unaffiliated voters, Foley said they have the same economic issues as Democrats and Republicans. He said that if voters had perceived him as an “elitist,” he would not have won the primary.
“The voters are smart,” Foley said. “They don’t necessarily just listen to what an opponent is saying. They develop their own perceptions of candidates from what candidates are saying.”