Gary Johnson

President

Johnson, 59, was the Republican Governor of New Mexico from 1995-03. He proudly touts his veto record, which is higher than all other governors combined. Before entering politics, Johnson started a construction company and founded the OUR America Initiative, a 501c(4) nonprofit that promotes fiscal responsibility and civil liberties.

Johnson’s platform includes balancing the budget, enacting entitlement reform, increasing transparency in the federal reserve, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, enacting a tax on expenditures, eliminating business taxes, eliminating federal intervention in business bailouts, abolishing the Department of Education, repealing the Patriot Act, decreasing the power of the Transportation Security Administration, supporting abortion rights and marriage equality, ending military activity in Afghanistan and legalizing marijuana.

Johnson supports gun rights, opposes government-run health care and supports Medicare/Medicaid reform. He opposes government subsidies and incentives for specific energy resources and supports using a cost-benefit analysis for environmental regulation.  

— Claire Wiseman