Former Governor Gary Johnson of New Mexico declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party (LP) nomination for President of the United States on January 6, 2016.

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.

Campaign
Johnson formally announced his candidacy for the 2016 Libertarian presidential nomination in an interview with Neil Cavuto on the Fox Business Network program Coast to Coast on January 6, 2016.

A poll done by Monmouth University to show who people wanted to win the election showed that Johnson was at 11%.

Supporters

U.S. Representatives

Former
 Ron Paul, former Republican U.S. Representative from Texas, Libertarian presidential nominee in 1988, and Republican presidential candidate in 2008 and 2012
 Tom Campbell,  former Republican U.S. Representative from California, 2000 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from California

State governors

Former
 Jesse Ventura, former Independence Party and Reform Party Governor of Minnesota

State legislators

Current
 Laura Ebke, Nebraska State Senator

Mayors and other municipal or county leaders

Current
 Danny Jones, mayor of Charleston, West Virginia
 Joel Davis, mayor of Paden City, West Virginia

Former
 Jeff Krauss, mayor of Bozeman, Montana

International political figures
 Daniel Hannan, Conservative Party member of the European Parliament, Secretary-General of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists

Other politicians
 Austin Petersen, 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate
 Ed Clark, 1980 Libertarian presidential nominee 
 Judge Jim Gray, former judge, prosecutor, 2012 vice-presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party
 Mark Hinkle, former National Chairman of The Libertarian Party
 Robert Morrow, Chairman of the Republican Party in Travis County, Texas
 Geoff Neale, former National Chairman of The Libertarian Party
 Bill Redpath, former Nationa Chairman of The Libertarian Party

Businesspeople
 Steve Kerbel, businessman, entrepreneur and former 2016 Libertarian presidential candidate
 Robert Sarvis, attorney, businessman, politician and software developer
 Chris J. Rufer, Founder & CEO of The Morning Star Company

Media personalities

Actors and comedians
 Drew Carey, comedian
 Doug Stanhope, comedian, actor, 2008 presidential candidate 
 Randy Wayne, actor
 Josh Wolf, comedian, television host
 Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller
 Teller, of Penn & Teller
 Tom Felton, British actor

Athletes and sports figures
 Rudy Carpenter, football quarterback
 Hal Gill, retired professional ice hockey player
 Sean Waltman, professional wrestler

Musicians and artists
 Krist Novoselić, musician, bassist and co-founder of Nirvana

Commentators, writers and columnists
 Josh Guckert, writer for The Libertarian Republic
 Matt Welch, editor-in-chief of Reason magazine
 Kmele Foster, co-host of The Independents, political pundit
 Arnold Kling, former writer for EconLog, economist
 Todd Seavey, writer for Splice Today and author

Media personalities
 Montel Williams talk show host
 John Stossel, media pundit
 Adam Kokesh, talk show host, activist

Radio hosts
 Adrian Wyllie, activist, radio show host, 2014 Libertarian candidate for Governor of Florida and former chairman of Libertarian Party of Florida
 Keith Larson, radio host and political commentator

Social and political activists
 Ed Lopez, Republican activist and Former National Vice Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus
 Scott Boman, Libertarian Party of Michigan activist and candidate 
 Richard Winger, publisher and editor of Ballot Access News, political activist and analyst
 Alan Gura, litigator, constitutional lawyer
 Michael Munger, economist

Groups
 Marijuana Policy Project

References

Other websites
 

Johnson, Gary
United States Libertarian Party