NM-SEN: Gary Johnson in

[Peanut]

Safe D —> Safe L

Anyone who disagrees hates liberty

[Alabama_Indy10]

Endorsed for the lolz

[Sestak]

Endorsed for second place!

[sparkey]

Oh come one Gary, do you really think you can beat Martin Heinrich in this state and this year? Don't make a fool of yourself.

I suspect this is more Gary helping the LP out and giving them a race they can be excited about for this year. He seems fairly devoted to the LP, he's probably hoping to attract new donors and voters to the party for future races.

I'll be interested in seeing if he can finish second. Johnson has never struck me as someone interested in the senate. I recall in either 2010 or 12 a few polls came out that had him leading or near leading the Republican primary for senate, and he passed on that for what was frankly a longer than longshot campaign for president.  

The excitement is getting to this Libertarian, even though I doubt he will win. It's awesome to have a high profile Senate candidate in what was otherwise looking like an underwhelming L slate for 2018. In 2016, our only particularly high profile candidate for Senate was Joe Miller in AK, who set a record for the LP in a Senate race and placed 2nd, but was still, you know, Joe Miller. If Johnson loses but still gets 2nd and gets a higher percentage than Miller (29.2%), it will still be a milestone for the LP.

Wikipedia says that there have been both Heinrich and Johnson internal polls already for both 3 and 2 way races. Assuming that the truth is somewhere in between, we're looking at about 43/27/23 D/R/L (so Johnson is down ~20 points in a 3 way race) or 45/40 D/L (so Johnson is down ~5 points in a 2 way race).

[America Needs R'hllor]

Yay! 3rd party candidates are fun

[Kodak]

Endorsed for second place!

[Sir Mohamed]

LOL, Mr. Johnson when asked about his hobbies: "running for office in races I have no chance of winning".

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

His ad is very... yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhm7Ui1iw8&feature=youtu.be

[America Needs R'hllor]

His ad is very... yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhm7Ui1iw8&feature=youtu.be

Socially cool LMAO
Also nice choice of a "robotic villain voice" for that last sentence

[Former Kentuckian]

His ad is very... yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhm7Ui1iw8&feature=youtu.be

There's something subtly unnerving about it. It's like something Skynet would make.

[Tender Branson]

Does he already know what and where Aleppo is ?

And if he had the opportunity, maybe he learned about Damascus, Homs, Raqqa etc. as well ...

[Bumaye]

Does he already know what and where Aleppo is ?

And if he had the opportunity, maybe he learned about Damascus, Homs, Raqqa etc. as well ...

"What's an Idlib?"

[Tender Branson]

Does he already know what and where Aleppo is ?

And if he had the opportunity, maybe he learned about Damascus, Homs, Raqqa etc. as well ...

"What's an Idlib?"

According to Gary Johnson, this is an Idlib:

[Antonio the Sixth]

Whatever.

[😥]

Lean D if Mick Rich drops out.
Safe D otherwise.

[pops]

Gary Johnson: Disappointing to Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and Libertarians alike, still going to get more than 15% of the vote because why not

[Former President tack50]

I almost want him to win a 3 way race, if only to get 3rd parties elected.

[brucejoel99]

Oh come one Gary, do you really think you can beat Martin Heinrich in this state and this year? Don't make a fool of yourself.

I suspect this is more Gary helping the LP out and giving them a race they can be excited about for this year. He seems fairly devoted to the LP, he's probably hoping to attract new donors and voters to the party for future races.

I'll be interested in seeing if he can finish second. Johnson has never struck me as someone interested in the senate. I recall in either 2010 or 12 a few polls came out that had him leading or near leading the Republican primary for senate, and he passed on that for what was frankly a longer than longshot campaign for president.  

The excitement is getting to this Libertarian, even though I doubt he will win. It's awesome to have a high profile Senate candidate in what was otherwise looking like an underwhelming L slate for 2018. In 2016, our only particularly high profile candidate for Senate was Joe Miller in AK, who set a record for the LP in a Senate race and placed 2nd, but was still, you know, Joe Miller. If Johnson loses but still gets 2nd and gets a higher percentage than Miller (29.2%), it will still be a milestone for the LP.

Wikipedia says that there have been both Heinrich and Johnson internal polls already for both 3 and 2 way races. Assuming that the truth is somewhere in between, we're looking at about 43/27/23 D/R/L (so Johnson is down ~20 points in a 3 way race) or 45/40 D/L (so Johnson is down ~5 points in a 2 way race).

But, like, how though!?!?! There goes muh "one of the safest of safe D's" lol

[Continential]

The NM Megathread

[pops]

The rumor that everyone has heard right now is that Mark Rich has been asked by the Johnson campaign to drop out and that's basically their goal right now. Gary's base, though, is pretty much nonexistent.

[wesmoorenerd]

If Rich drops out: Safe D

If Rich doesn't drop out: Titanium D

New Mexico isn't voting for a Republican or a Libertarian in this kind of environment, even if it's Gary Johnson.

[Cold War Liberal]

Safe D —> Safe D

[Yellowhammer]

Go back to Aleppo, Gary.

[MycroftCZ]

His ad is very... yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhm7Ui1iw8&feature=youtu.be

There's something subtly unnerving about it. It's like something Skynet would make.

This ad is a tuna can away from a Neil Breen trailer.

The best part is the random people clapping in the middle.

[Kyle Rittenhouse is a Political Prisoner]

His ad is very... yeah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhm7Ui1iw8&feature=youtu.be

There's something subtly unnerving about it. It's like something Skynet would make.

This ad is a tuna can away from a Neil Breen trailer.

The best part is the random people clapping in the middle.

This ad has a deeply unsettling energy. Likely L -------> Lean D.