Bill Weld filed has filed for the New Hampshire presidential primary, becoming the first major Republican challenger to officially challenge President Donald Trump in the state.
The Former Massachusetts governor's filing came Wednesday, the same day public impeachment hearings of Trump begin in the U.S. House.
Weld says if Trump were reelected, "I think that would be a tragedy for the country."
Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, dropped out of the Republican primary race on Tuesday, leaving Weld and former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh as the remaining major Trump primary challengers.
Walsh is scheduled to file for the first-in-the-nation presidential primary Thursday.
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