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U.S. Rep. Justin Amash enters 2020 Presidential race as the two-party disrupter

WGVU News | By Patrick Center
Published May 5, 2020 at 5:02 PM EDT
Justin Amash U.S. House of Representatives photo
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U.S. Rep. Justin Amash says he’s jumping into the 2020 presidential election seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. The Cascade Township Independent representing Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District left the Republican party on the 4th of July last year. WGVU asked if that’s the day he decided to run as a third-party candidate?
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Midday West Michigan RepublicanU.S. Rep. Justin AmashDemocratpoliticsLibertarianPresident Donald TrumpJoe Biden2020 Presidential Electionindependent
Patrick Center
Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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