Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson was selected as the 2016 Libertarian presidential nominee Sunday in Orlando.
Anti-computer virus company founder John McAfee and Austin Petersen, the founder of The Libertarian Republic magazine were other candidates.
Johnson was the party's nominee in 2012, getting about 1 percent of the general election vote.
"I will work as hard as I can to represent everybody in this room," Johnson said Sunday. "I tell the the truth. I'm not a liar."
The unpopularity of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in some quarters has led to an unprecedented level of excitement at the Libertarian Party's presidential nominating convention in Orlando this year.
Libertarian officials said Friday as the party's four-day convention began that 985 delegates and 344 alternates were attending from all 50 states -- a record.
They also said dues-paying members have increased by 30 percent since the beginning of the year.
Johnson, and his running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, had been considered front-runners for the party's nomination.
“I am not surprised he's getting 10 percent. I think those numbers will go higher once people know that he's out there and after this convention were going to be doing that and making his name and household, a household word,” Libertarian Rich Piotrowski said.
Channel 9 political analyst Maria Padilla said that the biggest impact could be felt in swing states such as Florida.
"It's a tremendous opportunity for the Libertarian Party. We have not had a three-party candidate with the amount of negative energy towards them in the modern area. These candidates are frankly hated,” Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark said.
Not running for office, but mingling with the crowd were the movie characters Iron Man and Elsa of "Frozen," who were attending a comic-book convention at the same resort.
The convention ends Monday.
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