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Weld: ‘I’ll tell you who’s going to win’

BOSTON — Accompanying a box stuffed with more than 3,000 signatures from registered Massachusetts voters, former Gov. William Weld stopped by Secretary of State William Galvin's office Monday, a necessary step in his quest to make sure he and Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson get their names

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Johnson-Weld ticket could close deal with better foreign policy answers

Johnson-Weld 2016? A lot of American voters will give the Libertarian Party ticket nominated this weekend a closer look than usual this year, because of dissatisfaction with the major party alternatives.

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Weld backs legalizing pot sales in Bay State

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

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Weld given leave at lobbying firm to run Libertarian VP campaign

BOSTON – Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts and newly minted Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee, went on unpaid leave from his lobbying job in Boston on Monday, according to the firm's president. Stephen Tocco, the president and chief executive of ML Strategies where Weld is a

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Libertarians pick Johnson, Weld for White House bid

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Libertarian Party nominated two former governors for its 2016 White House slate, choosing New Mexico's Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate and Massachusetts's Bill Weld for vice president Sunday, believing the pair of former Republicans can can offer voters an attractive

Massachusetts

RNC’s Kaufman likens a vote for third party Weld to ‘a vote for Hillary’

Massachusetts Republican National Committeeman had a lot of gracious things to say about former Bay State governor Bill Weld in an interview with The Republican/MassLive.com. But that doesn't mean he's urging voters to cast ballots this November for Weld, who announced his intentions to

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Baker plans to sit out presidential election

BOSTON – After ruling out casting his ballot for the likely Republican, Democratic and Libertarian presidential tickets, Gov. Charlie Baker made it clear on Tuesday: he does not plan to vote for any presidential candidate. "I would like to get some credit for the fact that rather than punting on

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Weld may pass anti-Trump muster but can he win Libertarians?

BOSTON – Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, tapped as a running mate by Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson, is no fan of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump's stance on immigration issues. Weld, a registered Republican who lives in Canton, kicked off his bid to become vice president with