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The Big Dig Libertarian

The Big Dig Libertarian

Joseph Tortelli

During the past decade, Bill Weld has endorsed Republicans and Democrats for elective office. Now he is running as neither a Republican nor a Democrat, but as the Vice Presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party.

As recently as the 2014 election cycle, the former Massachusetts governor stirred controversy when he supported Democrat Michael Day over Republican Caroline Colarusso for state representative in Stoneham and Winchester. Weld's endorsement proved decisive as the liberal Democrat candidate won by 500 votes out of 18,000 cast. Never having exercised himself to build the Republican grassroots during his 1990s governorship, Weld returned to the Bay State from several years in New York, only to further chip away at his erstwhile party's meager legislative presence.

Weld backs legalizing pot sales in Bay State
Massachusetts

Weld backs legalizing pot sales in Bay State

Kara Bettis

BOSTON – Former Massachusetts Republican Gov. Bill Weld, the Libertarian Party's vice presidential nominee, supports a move to make retail sales of marijuana legal in the Bay State, according to a public interview he gave Tuesday night.

Weld, known for cracking down mercilessly on crime during his time as the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts in the 1980s, said he would back a November ballot question to legalize pot sales in the conversation with CommonWealth Magazine Editor Bruce Mohl. The session took place at Weld's former ML Strategies office in downtown Boston.

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