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William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, author, and politician who served as the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. A Harvard graduate, [1] Weld began his career as legal counsel to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary before becoming the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and later, the United States ...
As governor of Massachusetts, Weld introduced a bill increasing ease of access to abortion in the state. [15] In the 1990s, he publicly fought for removing anti-abortion language from the Republican Party platform, despite opposition from social conservatives.
Bill Weld defeated John Silber to become the state's first Republican governor since Francis W. Sargent. As of 2018, this is the most recent gubernatorial election in which Amherst, Cambridge, Leverett, Shutesbury and Wendell each voted for the Republican candidate.
Yahoo Finance Senior Columnist Rick Newman speaks with former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld about the likelihood of some Republicans endorsing Biden over Trump in the 2020 election.
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld acknowledges he's in an uphill fight against President Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
Former governor and Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld weighs in on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
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Incumbent Republican governor Bill Weld won reelection as Governor of Massachusetts by the largest margin in state history, winning every single county and all but 6 of the state's 351 municipalities.