 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Johnson akamhanya zvakare seMutungamiri muna 2016, zvakare achikunda kusarudzwa kweLibertarianuye kugadza aimbova Gavhuna weRepublican weMassachusetts Bill Weld somumiriri wake. Johnson akawana mavhoti anosvika mamiriyoni 4.5 3.3 yemavhoti ose, inova ndiyo nhamba yepamusoro-soro yemunhu wechitatu-bato mumiriri wemutungamiri wenyika kubva muna 1996 uye chikamu chepamusoro-soro chemavhoti enyika kumunhu weLibertarian munhoroondo. Mushure mesarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza2016, Johnson akati haazokwikwidzi zvakare. Akamhanyira kuSeneti yeU.S. seLibertarian mu2018 New Mexico seneti nhangemutange achipesana neDemocratic senator Martin Heinrich, achiuya wechitatu ne15.4 yemavhoti ehurumende 107,201 mavhoti. 