HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Tax credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars for Connecticut’s largest private employer have emerged as a flash point in the race for governor.

Republican Tom Foley criticizes as corporate welfare the credits that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says are crucial to keep United Technologies Corp. jobs from leaving the state.

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