Libertarians pick Johnson, Weld for White House bid

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Libertarian Party nominated two former governors for its 2016 White House slate, choosing New Mexico's Gary Johnson as its presidential candidate and Massachusetts's Bill Weld for vice president Sunday, believing the pair of former Republicans can can offer voters an attractive alternative to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton because both major-party candidates are broadly unpopular.

Johnson, 63, won the nomination on the second ballot at the party's convention in Orlando, Florida, defeating Austin Petersen, the founder of The Libertarian Republic magazine; and anti-computer virus company founder John McAfee. Also the party's 2012 nominee, Johnson told the delegates during his acceptance speech that his job will be to get the Libertarian platform before the voters at a level the party has not seen.