said Stevens, who worked on the George W. Bush campaigns in 2000 and 2004, and for Mitt Romney in 2012. "You never can predict — it might make it easier. I could foresee a situation where the Trump people try to change those rules."

The former governor lives a one-hour drive from the early voting state of New Hampshire, and hopes to make an impact with first-in-the-nation primary voters.

"It's the party. Where's the RNC? They're with the president," Stevens said. "State parties being in sync with voters is not to be assumed."

Lyons has been an outspoken critic of Weld's presidential ambitions since the former governor announced he was exploring a run in February, calling Weld's bid "a grandstanding political gambit that reeks of political opportunism."

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