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Former MA Gov. Bill Weld To Challenge Trump For GOP 2020 Presidential Nomination

Bill Gnade

Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld announced today in New Hampshire that he is starting an exploratory committee "to challenge" President Donald Trump in next year's primaries for the 2020 GOP presidential nomination.

Weld, who served in MA from 1990 to 1997 as a Republican, ran as the vice presidential candidate on the Libertarian Party ticket in 2016 with Gary Johnson. 

Bill Weld Taking On Trump,and Wants To Help Take Him Out
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Bill Weld Taking On Trump,and Wants To Help Take Him Out

Matthew McDonald

Former Massachusetts governor William Weld is planning to challenge President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary, in hopes of winning the party's nomination or at least weakening Trump.

Weld announced his likely candidacy Friday morning during a speech in Bedford, New Hampshire.

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