HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has decided to invest a lot of political capital in the issue of the minimum wage, publicly calling for both the state and federal wages to eventually be raised to $10.10.

The Democrat, who has yet to announce his re-election plans, recently participated in a highly publicized, on-camera partisan feud outside the White House with Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal over President Barack Obama’s proposal to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Malloy is also scheduled to appear Wednesday at an event in New Britain with Obama and other New England governors to make a pitch for an increased national minimum wage.