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Johnston was born into a professional musical family. His grandmother, Mamie Jo Adams, was a songwriter, as was his mother Diane Johnston. [1] Diane wrote songs for Gene Autry in the 1950s and scored a hit in 1976 when Asleep at the Wheel covered her 1950 demo "Miles and Miles of Texas".
He was first elected as a Republican, and left the Republican Party to become an independent in early 2020 before switching to the Libertarian Party in April 2020. He did not seek re-election in 2020 [2] and switched back to the Republican Party in 2024 to run for the U.S. Senate election in Michigan. [3]
The Libertarian Party opposed the 2011 military intervention in Libya and LP Chair Mark Hinkle in a statement described the position of the Libertarian Party: "President Obama's decision to order military attacks on Libya is only surprising to those who actually think he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. He has now ordered bombing strikes in six ...
Ed Clark, 1980 Libertarian Party presidential nominee [56] Spike Cohen, entrepreneur, podcaster, and 2020 Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee [57] Chris Cole, 2008 Libertarian nominee for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina [58] Michael Colley, U.S. Navy vice admiral and member of the board of directors of the Libertarian Party [59]
At the Libertarian Party National Convention held in Orlando, Florida, on May 26–30, 2016, former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson became the Libertarian Party candidate for president. His running mate was former Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld. They were on the ballot in all 50 states, including D.C..
The 2012 Libertarian National Convention saw Johnson and Jim Gray being nominated as the 2012 presidential ticket for the Libertarian Party, resulting in the most successful result for a third-party presidential candidacy since 2000 and the best in the Libertarian Party's history by vote number. Johnson received 1% of the popular vote ...
2016 – Mary Matalin, deputy campaign manager for George H. W. Bush's 1992 presidential campaign, switched to Libertarian Party [354] 2016 – John Moore, Nevada state assemblyman switched to Libertarian Party [355] 2016 – Bill Weld, former governor of Massachusetts (1991–1997), switched to the Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party [1] 2009 Brazil: Anarcho-capitalism: Interlibertarians New Party: 2011 Brazil: Classical liberalism Right-libertarianism: League for Democracy Party: 2006 Cambodia: Civil libertarianism Social liberalism: British Columbia Libertarian Party: 1986 Canada British Columbia: Libertarian conservatism: Libertarian Party of New ...