Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination [View all]

[TomCADem]

Source: Washington Post

ORLANDO — Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson won the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination on Sunday, fending off five rivals from different factions on two closely fought ballots and securing more than 55.8 percent of the total vote.

"I will work as hard as I can to represent everyone in this room," Johnson said after his victory. "After this convention, people will be looking to us to describe what it means to be a Libertarian. And I realize it will be up to me to tell them."

But Johnson's near-miss on the first ballot kicked off an afternoon of protests and delegate glad-handing, with the vice presidential race to be decided later. Johnson had run a careful campaign with an eye on the general election, picking former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld — like him, a Republican who switched parties — as his running mate. In Saturday night's debate, Johnson, alone among the top five contenders, said that he would have signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and that he thought people should be licensed to drive cars. He was loudly booed for both positions.

"I liked it," Johnson said in an interview before Sunday's vote. "Let's draw attention to the only candidate onstage saying that he would sign the Civil Rights Act, let's draw attention to the only candidate onstage who's in favor of driver's licenses. I don't know about you guys, but I think that's a great distinction between myself and the rest of them."


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Odd that the Libertarian candidate is somewhat less crazy than Republican nominee in that I have some doubts as to whether Trump would have signed 1964 Civil Rights Act.