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'''William Floyd "Bill" Weld''' (born July 31, 1945) is an attorney, businessman, and politician living in New York City. He is the 68th Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1991-1997. In [[National Convention 2016 | 2016]], Weld became [[Gary Earl  Johnson|Gary Johnson]]'s running mate as the Libertarian Party Nominee for Vice-President of the United States.


'''William Floyd "Bill" Weld''' (born July 31, 1945) is an attorney, businessman, and politician living in New York City. He is the 68th Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1991-1997. In [[National Convention 2016 | 2016]], Weld became [[Gary Johnson]]'s running mate as the Libertarian Party Nominee for Vice President of the United States.
==2016 Vice-Presidential Campaign==
 
===[[National Convention 2016|2016 Libertarian National Convention]]===
 
====Endorsements====
==2016 Vice Presidential Campaign==
*[[Gary Earl Johnson|Gary Johnson]], 29th Governor of New Mexico, 2012 Libertarian Presidential Nominee
*[[Jim Gray]], Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California, 2012 Libertarian Vice-Presidential Nominee
*[[Marc Allan Feldman]], 2016 Candidate for President of the United States
*[[Alicia Dearn]], 2016 Candidate for Vice-President of the United States
<ref>http://www.lncregion1.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-Convention-Minutes-v2.pdf</ref>


===Results===
===Results===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2016 United States Presidential Election <ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_election,_2016 </ref>
|+ 2016 United States Presidential Election
|-
|-
! Party !! Candidate/Running Mate !! Electoral Votes !! Percent !! Votes
! Party !! Candidate/Running Mate !! Electoral Votes !! Percent !! Votes
|-
|-
| Republican || Donald Trump/Mike Pence || 304 || 46.2% || 62,979,984
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #F08080;" | Republican || '''Donald Trump / Mike Pence''' || '''304''' || '''45.93%''' || '''62,985,134'''
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #00BFFF;" | Democratic || Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine || 227 || 48.02% || 65,853,652
|-
|-
| Democratic || Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine || 227 || 48.3% || 65,844,969
| {{party shading/Libertarian}}| Libertarian || Gary Johnson / Bill Weld || 0 || 3.29% || 4,489,341
|-
|-
| '''Libertarian''' || '''Gary Johnson/Bill Weld''' || '''0''' || '''3.3%''' || '''4,492,919'''
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #64b266;" | Green || Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka || 0 || 1.06% || 1,457,226
|-
|-
| Green || Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka || 0 || 1.1% || 1,449,370
| Independent || Evan McMullin / Mindy Finn || 0 || 0.53% || 732,273
|-
|-
| Others || (Various) || 7 || 1.2% || 1,684,908
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #af79f2;" | Constitution || Darrell Castle / Scott Bradley || 0 || 0.15% || 203,091
|-
| style="border: padding: 5px; background: #f93e3e;" | Socialism and Liberation || Gloria LaRiva / Eugene Puryear || 0 || 0.05% || 74,405
|-
| ''Various'' || ''All Others'' || 7 || 0.97% || 1,330,468
|}
|}


==2020 Campaign for President of the United States==
On February 15, 2019 Weld announced his formation of an exploratory committee to run for president of the United States.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/politics/bill-weld-2020-exploratory-committee</ref>
On April 15, 2019, Weld announced his candidacy for president of the United States, seeking the Republican Party nomination against incumbent US President Donald Trump.<ref>http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/335/201904019145975335/201904019145975335.pdf</ref>
On March 17 2020, Donald Trump secured enough delegates to receive the Republican nomination for President. Bill Weld suspended his campaign the next day.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/us/politics/bill-weld-drops-out.html</ref>


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==References==
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[[Category: Lawyers]]
[[Category: 2018 National Convention Delegates]]
[[Category: Massachusetts 2018 National Convention Delegates]]

Latest revision as of 21:16, 26 November 2020

William Floyd Weld
BillWeld2.jpg
68th Governor
of Massachusetts
January 3, 1991—July 29, 1997
Predecessor: Michael Dukakis
Successor: Paul Cellucci
Personal Details
Birth: (1945-07-31) July 31, 1945 (age 79)
Smithtown, New York
Education: Harvard University (JD)
University College, Oxford
Occupation: Attorney, Businessman
Residence: New York City, New York
Party: Republican (Before 2016; 2019-present)[1]
Libertarian (2016-2019)

William Floyd "Bill" Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an attorney, businessman, and politician living in New York City. He is the 68th Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1991-1997. In 2016, Weld became Gary Johnson's running mate as the Libertarian Party Nominee for Vice-President of the United States.

2016 Vice-Presidential Campaign

2016 Libertarian National Convention

Endorsements

  • Gary Johnson, 29th Governor of New Mexico, 2012 Libertarian Presidential Nominee
  • Jim Gray, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California, 2012 Libertarian Vice-Presidential Nominee
  • Marc Allan Feldman, 2016 Candidate for President of the United States
  • Alicia Dearn, 2016 Candidate for Vice-President of the United States

[2]

Results

2016 United States Presidential Election
Party Candidate/Running Mate Electoral Votes Percent Votes
Republican Donald Trump / Mike Pence 304 45.93% 62,985,134
Democratic Hillary Clinton / Tim Kaine 227 48.02% 65,853,652
Libertarian Gary Johnson / Bill Weld 0 3.29% 4,489,341
Green Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka 0 1.06% 1,457,226
Independent Evan McMullin / Mindy Finn 0 0.53% 732,273
Constitution Darrell Castle / Scott Bradley 0 0.15% 203,091
Socialism and Liberation Gloria LaRiva / Eugene Puryear 0 0.05% 74,405
Various All Others 7 0.97% 1,330,468

2020 Campaign for President of the United States

On February 15, 2019 Weld announced his formation of an exploratory committee to run for president of the United States.[3]

On April 15, 2019, Weld announced his candidacy for president of the United States, seeking the Republican Party nomination against incumbent US President Donald Trump.[4]

On March 17 2020, Donald Trump secured enough delegates to receive the Republican nomination for President. Bill Weld suspended his campaign the next day.[5]

References