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TexasTowelie

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Sat Dec 7, 2019, 04:03 AM Dec 2019

Bill Weld's presidential candidacy in Alabama GOP primary challenged

The Alabama Republican Party on Sunday will consider a challenge to the presidential candidacy of former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld in the state GOP primary in March.

Chris Brown, a member of the State Republican Executive Committee from Jefferson County and a founding member of the Republican consulting firm Red State Strategies, filed the challenge because Weld ran as the Libertarian Party’s nominee for vice president in 2016.

“I get tired of candidates willy-nilly switching parties back and forth at their own convenience,” Brown said.

Brown contends that Weld does not meet a requirement on the party’s candidate qualifying form that says, “I am a Republican and I endorse and will actively support the principles and policies of the Republican Party.”

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2019/12/bill-welds-presidential-candidacy-in-alabama-gop-primary-challenged.html

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