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SPEARFISH | Bill Weld strolled into a lower-level meeting room in the Black Hills State University Student Union on Thursday looking more like the grandparent of a college student, and not like a former Massachusetts governor running to be vice president of the United States.

But there was Weld in Spearfish on Thursday — appearing during a presidential election year when it seems truly anything can happen — wearing a brown jacket, jeans and work boots. The candidate who is part of the Libertarian ticket leaned back in a chair to lay out the vision of the party led by his running mate, presidential hopeful Gary Johnson.

More than 100 students, faculty, and others greeted Weld, who will visit Rapid City today.

In his remarks, Weld pushed the Libertarian Party’s principles of fiscal conservatism and social inclusion. He made the point that his party's views stand in stark contrast to Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

“Trump has gone against everything the Republican Party, the Party of Lincoln, has stood for,” Weld said. “The Democrats have just gotten into the practice of spending way too much money,” he added.