Las Vegas – For the second consecutive
election cycle the Libertarian Party has nominated a prominent
ex-Republican politician as their presidential nominee. Gary
Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, won the party’s
nomination on the first ballot. Johnson’s opponents, including
his debate partner Lee Wrights, trailed far behind. 

Johnson is the first former state executive to run for president
on the Libertarian line and, arguably, provides the LP with their
highest profile candidate since Ron Paul in 1988. Johnson has
stated that his goal, short of winning, is to reach 15 percent in
the polls to qualify for the national debates and to pick up at
least 5 percent of the vote in November order to secure public
funding for the party in 2016. 

Voting for the vice presidential nominee will take place next.
Jim Gray and Lee Wrights are the two candidates seeking the VP
slot.

Gary Johnson 70.420%

Lee Wrights 25.546

Jim Burns 2.017%

Write-Ins 1.008%

Carl Person .5%

None of the above .5%