Libertarians pick Johnson, Weld as presidential election ticket

The Libertarian National Convention on Sunday chose a pair of former Republican governors as their presidential and vice presidential nominees.

The choice of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson as the presidential nominee and former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld as the vice presidential nominee represents the most-experienced ticket in the party's four-decade history, according to Dow Jones Newswires.

Libertarians haven't collected more than 1 percent of the vote in a presidential election or elected anyone to federal office.

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