Boris Johnson will face his successor as foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, in the final Conservative Party showdown to determine who takes over from Prime Minister Theresa May.
Their visions for Brexit are similar: Both want to deliver on the referendum result of 2016, both want to ditch or renegotiate the Irish backstop in the accord brokered by May, and both are prepared to contemplate a no-deal Brexit if they can't get the changes they want.
The candidates were finalized on Thursday in two votes that eliminated Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Environment Secretary Michael Gove. Johnson and Hunt on Saturday began touring the country in a monthlong contest to persuade the party's 160,000 members that they are the best man to lead. The new prime minister is expected to be announced during the week of July 22.
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