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Weld downplays Johnson’s Aleppo gaffe, plays up libertarian-style Republicanism

BOSTON — Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate and former two-term Gov. William Weld addressed Emerson College students Thursday at an engagement open to the media, and predictably spent the bulk of his time addressing questions about his running mate's Syria gaffe. Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson, who tapped

Massachusetts

Will we see a presidential spoiler in November?

Could the Libertarian Party ticket of Gary Johnson and the Bay State's own William Weld effectively doom GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's chances in November? Pundits have hemmed and hawed at this question, drawing comparisons to the Green Party's 2000 presidential ticket of Ralph

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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 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

Massachusetts

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

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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

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Bill Weld joins Libertarian Johnson in White House bid

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Seizing new fuel for his appeal to Donald Trump's critics, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson has joined forces with another former Republican governor, Bill Weld, to strengthen his Libertarian presidential bid. Weld, who served two terms as the Republican governor of Massachusetts in