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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 in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. He was also the Libertarian nominee in the 2018 U.S. Senate election in New Mexico.
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Born 1 January 1953 · Q352123
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“was designed to protect us against a government that could be very intrusive. And in this country, we have a growing police state – if people can own assault rifles or automatic rifles, I think leads to a more civil government.”
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The Guardian: Crystal Palace and Everton seal Brennan Johnson-Dwight McNeil swap deal
Johnson joined the Libertarians for National Popular Vote's advisory board
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Snopes rated the claim “Gary Johnson once said 'global warming is in our future' because 'the sun is going to actually grow and encompass the Earth.'” Mostly True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said "guns can be made full auto by removing the firing pins."” Mostly False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A live poll conducted by ABC News in August 2016 shows Donald Trump, Jill Stein, and Gary Johnson all well ahead of Hillary Clinton.” False.
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Claimed: “Claims that “no politicians outside of Bernie Sanders and myself support legalizing marijuana” at the “congressional, gubernatorial, senatorial level.”” — rated False by FactCheck.org.
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Claimed: “Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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Johnson received the Libertarian nomination on the second ballot
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Johnson declared that he would seek the Libertarian nomination for the presidency
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Once again winning the Libertarian nomination
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Campaign: 2016 presidential election.
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“because these trade agreements are just laden with crony capitalism,”
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Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein filed a lawsuit against the commission, arguing that the commission and its rules violated antitrust law and the First Amendment
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Gary Johnson participated in a third-party debate that was aired on C-SPAN, RT America, and Al Jazeera English
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At the 2012 Libertarian National Convention, Johnson received the Libertarian Party's official nomination for president in the 2012 election, by a vote of 419 votes to 152 votes for second-place candidate R
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Called walls ineffective in stopping illegal immigrants and argued that the U
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“he was keeping his options open for 2012”
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Initially as a Republican on a libertarian platform emphasizing the United States public debt and a balanced budget, protection of civil liberties, military non-interventionism, replacement of income tax with the FairTax
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Reporting that Johnson had told him that "he was keeping his options open for 2012" and that "he may take a shot at the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 as an antiwar, anti-Fed, pro-personal liberties, slash-go
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To which Johnson responded that he thought it would be inappropriate to openly express his desires before President Obama is given the opportunity to prove himself, but he followed up that statement by saying "it appears
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Campaign: 2012 presidential election.
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Johnson formally withdrew his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, and declared his candidacy for the 2012 presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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That he would no longer campaign there due to his inability to gain traction with less than a month until the primary
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Appearing on stage with Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Tim Pawlenty, and Rick Santorum
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Johnson announced via Twitter, "I am running for president
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Noted: "Half of what government spends on police, courts and prisons is to deal with drug offenders
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Johnson began indicating interest in running for president in the 2012 election
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Her cause of death later attributed to hypertensive heart disease
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Johnson was involved in a near-fatal paragliding accident when his wing caught in a tree and he fell approximately 50 feet (15 m) to the ground
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Reached the summit of Mount Everest "despite toes blackened with frostbite
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Career landmark: ascent of Mount Everest.
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Johnson refused to grant clemency to convicted child rapist and murderer Terry D
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New Mexico was devastated by the Cerro Grande Fire
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Johnson proposed a more ambitious voucher program than he had proposed the year before, under which each parent would receive $3,500 per child for education at any private or parochial school
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Johnson became one of the highest-ranking elected officials in the US to advocate the legalization of marijuana
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It was one of New Mexico's leading construction companies
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With 10 hours, 39 minutes, and 16 seconds
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Proposed the first statewide voucher system in America, which would have enrolled 100,000 students in its first year
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1998).
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Johnson ran for reelection as governor against Democratic Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez
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Career landmark: Governor of New Mexico (1995–2003).
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On a low-tax, anti-crime platform, promising a "common-sense business approach"
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With the intention of running for governor and was advised by "Republican Elders" to run for the State Legislature instead
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Johnson ran for governor of New Mexico, campaigning as a strong proponent of the death penalty, but over time, he changed his opinion
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“BRAC, in the mid-90s suggested that 20 percent more U.S. bases, in fact, could be cut. That hasn’t taken place because the political will hasn’t been there to accomplish that. We would bring that to the table, a 20 percent reduction in military spending.”
“s inclusion, citing Ross Perot”
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Johnson graduated from Sandia High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he was on the school track team
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In Minot, North Dakota, the son of Lorraine B
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Born 1953-01-01.
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