It is clear from the reaction to our campaign so far that our message is resonating. I look forward to continuing to take this message to all Americans, and showing them that I can be as successful running the country as I was running the state of New Mexico.

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In an October 26 2009 interview with the Santa Fe New Mexican's Steve Terrell Johnson announced his decision to form an advocacy committee called the Our America Initiative to help him raise funds and promote small government ideas.

He won the Libertarian Party nomination on May 5 2012. Gary Earl Johnson (born January 1 1953) is an American politician businessman and member of the Libertarian Party. After leaving office Johnson founded the non-profit Our America Initiative in 2009 a political advocacy committee seeking to promote policies such as free enterprise foreign non-interventionism limited government and privatization.