Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016
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| Campaign | United States presidential election, 2016 |
| Candidate |
Gary Johnson Former Governor of New Mexico (1995–2003) William Weld Former Governor of Massachusetts (1991–97) |
| Affiliation | Libertarian Party |
| Status | Announced: January 6, 2016 Nominated: May 29, 2016 Lost election: November 8, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Key people | William Weld (Running mate) Ron Nielson (campaign manager) Mike McCauley (treasurer) |
| Receipts | US$11,952,221 (10-22-16) |
| Slogan | Our Best America Yet Live Free #TeamGov Be Libertarian with me You In? |
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Gary Johnson, the 29th Governor of New Mexico, was announced on January 6, 2016, for the nomination of the Libertarian Party for President of the United States. He officially won the nomination on May 29, 2016, at the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, Florida, receiving 56% of the vote. Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld was endorsed by Johnson for the Libertarian vice-presidential nomination, which he also received on May 29, 2016.
Johnson and Weld form the first ticket of any party to feature two governors since the 1948 presidential election. They received nearly 4.5 million votes nationally, dwarfing Johnson's 2012 popular vote total and marking the Libertarians' most successful presidential run to date and the most successful third-party candidacy since Ross Perot in 1996.
Johnson ran as the Libertarian presidential nominee in the 2012 election. In that race, he finished with the third highest popular vote total, nearly 1.3 million votes, and garnered nearly 1% of the popular vote. Johnson's vote total was the highest received by any LP candidate—for any office—in the party's history. Shortly after the election, Johnson began to express interest in running for the Libertarian nomination again in the 2016 election.
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