Unable to participate in any debates and with less than 3% in national and state polls, Republican Presidential candidate Gary Johnson who was a former two term governor in New Mexico is leaving the Republican race in order to pursue the nomination of the libertarian party for president. From a Politico breaking news email:
Gary Johnson will quit the Republican primaries and seek the Libertarian Party presidential nomination instead, POLITICO has learned. The former two-term New Mexico governor, whose campaign for the GOP nomination never caught fire, will make the announcement at a press conference in Santa Fe on Monday. Libertarian state directors will be informed of Johnson's plans on a conference call Tuesday night, a Johnson campaign source told POLITICO.