Former governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson running for president

Gary Johnson, New Mexico's governor from 1995 to 2003, announced Wednesday he is running for president as a Libertarian Party candidate.

It's not the first time Johnson, 63, has entered the race for the White House; he first sought the Republican nomination in 2012, then switched to the Libertarian ticket, receiving just under 1 percent of the popular vote in the general election, Bloomberg reports. Johnson says he will take votes away from the Republican and Democratic nominees because he appeals to people who are "fiscally conservative and socially liberal."

Johnson recently stepped down as CEO of Cannabis Sativa, a marijuana products and licensing company, Politico reports. When he became governor, Johnson was a businessman who had never before held elected office.

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