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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 ...
On February 15, 2019, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announced the formation of an exploratory committee to consider running for the Republican nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election. [4] [5] On April 15, 2019, Weld officially announced he would be running for president, challenging incumbent Donald Trump. [6]
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld challenged incumbent president Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Alabama. [24] Trump received 96.22% of the vote [ 25 ] and all 50 delegates, [ 26 ] while Weld received only 1.52% of the vote.
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld acknowledges he's in an uphill fight against President Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
Donald Trump has his first Republican challenger for 2020.
Former governor and Republican presidential candidate Bill Weld weighs in on the impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
Weld was considered a long-shot challenger because of Trump's popularity with Republicans; furthermore, Weld's views on abortion rights, gay marriage, marijuana legalization, and other issues conflict with socially conservative positions dominant in the modern Republican party. [32] Weld received 1.3% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and one ...
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.