Campaign 2020 April 15, 2019

Gov. Bill Weld To Challenge Trump

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - AUGUST 6: Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson (R), and his running mate Bill Weld (L), talk to the press before a rally on August 6, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Johnson and Weld have spent the day campaigning in Salt Lake City, the home town of former republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has made it official, he’s running for president as a Republican. Weld is the first member of the GOP to challenge Donald Trump. Watch Weld make his announcement this afternoon on CNN:

"Jake, I'm announcing that I'm running for President… as a Republican against the President in 2020."

Former Gov. Bill Weld officially announces he is challenging President Trump for the GOP nomination. https://t.co/Q5z30Qjw8o pic.twitter.com/QBSwtdxPUx
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 15, 2019

Weld plans to travel to New Hampshire to begin campaigning. Weld is a former U.S. attorney, two-term governor of Massachusetts and Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee in 2016.