Gary Earl Johnson is an American businessman and politician who served as the 29th governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party. He has been a member of the Libertarian Party since 2011 and was the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections. He was also the Libertarian nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico.
Gary Johnson in 2016
Johnson at Ron Paul's "Rally for the Republic" in 2008
Logo of the Our America Initiative, which Johnson founded in 2009
Johnson after a campaign rally in a photo shoot for Reason
Libertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government. The party was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David F. Nolan in Westminster, Colorado, and was officially formed on December 11, 1971, in Colorado Springs. The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist Murray Rothbard. The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the Nixon administration, the Vietnam War, conscription, and the introduction of fiat money.
David Nolan, founder of the Libertarian Party, with the Nolan Chart
Former Governor Gary Johnson during the 2012 presidential election
Original TANSTAAFL logo
Image: Tonie Nathan 1993 LP Convention