DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Massachusetts Gov. BIll Weld said he‘ll be directing his campaign toward open primary states where he expects to win crossover votes from Democrats intent on casting a vote against President Donald Trump before the general election in November…The former two-term GOP governor, who’s waging a longshot primary campaign against Trump, laid out a path to the 2020 Republican presidential nomination that runs through New England, the mid-Atlantic region and the West Coast…Weld also argued that West Coast states would be receptive to his candidacy against Trump, who lost California, Oregon and Washington by wide margins in 2016…Trump, who maintains high approval ratings among Republican voters, is the heavy favorite to win his party’s nomination in 2020. While Weld is the only announced candidate running against Trump in the Republican primary, Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan and former Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich have drawn mention as potential challengers.”
–Daniel Strauss, “Weld lays out GOP primary map for defeating Trump,” Politico, May 23, 2019 6:06 pm