Ex-New Mexico governor's next challenge is a bicycle trip

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson says he has no regrets about running for president for the second time and finishing a distant runner-up as a Libertarian candidate.

In the presidential race, Johnson said was just hoping to secure 5 percent of the nationwide popular vote, enough to achieve major-party status for the Libertarian Party and qualify the party for federal funding in the next election.

Johnson pointed out that he and Weld "garnered more votes than any third-party candidate since Ross Perot," who ran as independent in the 1992 presidential campaign.

Johnson and Weld did get 9.3 percent of the New Mexico vote, making it possible for the Libertarian Party to get major-party recognition and public funding for elections in that state.