Yesterday, the Foley campaign said it contacted the Malloy camp several times regarding a debate schedule but never got a response.
Today, Foley says Malloy also failed to respond to his request that both campaigns avoid negative campaign ads and refuse "special interest" money.
"Dan is starting out his campaign on the wrong foot,'' Foley campaign manager Justin Clark said in a statement. "While middle class families in Connecticut struggle to make ends meet, he is using their taxpayer dollars to fund his campaign and to run negative ads the way he did against Ned Lamont...We hope he will either agree to do this or tell Connecticut why he won't.
The squabble over campaign spending started when Democratic state Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo made a pitch to the Foley camp, asking it to limit spending to $3 million if Malloy did the same.