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For Libertarian Adrian Wyllie, victory in offering an alternative

CLEARWATER (FOX 13) -

While Florida Gubernatorial candidates Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democrat Charlie Crist made their final stops around the state on Monday, Libertarian Adrian Wyllie spent a low-key day at home in Palm Harbor, gearing up for Election Day.

You may not have heard his name as often as Scott or Crist, but for the past two years, Wyllie has been criss-crossing the state, shaking a lot of hands and sharing a couple beers along the way.

"It's been a lot of time on the road," Wyllie said.

He's traveled 100,000 miles to be exact, with just a handful of paid staff members.

"Win or lose, we really think that we've shown the people of Florida that it is a three-party state. The two-party duopoly is over," Wyllie said.

The latest Quinnipiac voters poll projects Wyllie at seven percent, with Crist at 42% and Scott at 41%. That last nine percent goes to the undecided voters.

Monday night, Libertarian groups around the country joined together to drop a "Twitter bomb, flooding the internet with tweets in support of Wyllie and other like-minded candidates.

"We have seen so many people who say they are coming out to vote for the first time, specifically because they feel like they have something to vote for, instead of having to vote for the lesser of two evils," Wyllie said.

Though Barbara Davis of Clearwater is a registered Republican, she finally got fed up with the attack ads -- so she's switching up her vote.

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Agora Underground: New Libertarian Manifesto Pt. 5 – Video


Agora Underground: New Libertarian Manifesto Pt. 5
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US Senate candidate and pizza delivery man reflects on campaign

By Sharon Nunn | Published 3 hours ago

Sean Haugh, North Carolina Libertarian Senate candidate, has the power to swing the vote in this year's election between Republican candidate Thom Tillis and Democrat candidate Kay Hagan who are currently in a statistical dead heat.

The 53-year-old pizza-delivering Libertarian candidate running for U.S. Senate against Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan says he doesnt want any part of the campaigns negativity and attack ads.

In light of a recent analysis that found North Carolinas Senate race has featured more negative ads than any other state, Sean Haugh said in an interview on Friday that his campaign has focused on the positive reasons N.C. residents should vote for him.

Haugh, a Durham resident, thinks Tilliss and Hagans negative ads will help him in the race.

People look at that, and theyre just so disgusted by it, and then they find out they have a third choice on the ballot, he said. Ive been getting a tremendous response from people who are turned off by all that negativity.

It is Haughs sixth time running for political office. He said he has always stood for Libertarian views.

We need to balance the budget at a much lower level, get out in front of this debt and let people keep more of the money that they earn, he said.

AlthoughHaugh has garnered at most 8 percent of the vote in polls this fall, he said the people who vote for him send a strong message to Democrats and Republicans that theyre going to have to start holding more Libertarian views.

He said he ran on an act of conscience because neither Hagan nor Tillis would try to curb war.

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Four Goals of a Principled Anarchist/Libertarian – Video


Four Goals of a Principled Anarchist/Libertarian
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Libertarian Chad Grimm could impact governor's race

CHICAGO (WLS) --

Libertarian party candidate Chad Grimm, 33, is the other name on the ballot for Illinois governor.

"I think the citizens of Illinois are actually ready for a third party," Grimm says. "It's right now."

Grimm says the more voters see of Democrat Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner in television ads, the less they like either major party candidate.

"Everybody that I talk to is sick of it," he says. "They're sick of the negative ads, they're sick of the negativity."

Grimm is a Peoria resident who spent much of his childhood in north suburban Lake Zurich. As a Libertarian, his position against abortion is based on science as opposed to religion.

"Nobody has been able to show me scientifically that life does not begin at conception and you always have to err on the side of life," he says.

He also is a gun rights supporter and believes drug use should be de-criminalized.

"You don't take someone with a disease and put them in jail and make their life that much worse," he says.

The Illinois Observer's "We Ask America" automated poll last week showed Grimm trailing Quinn and Rauner with 5.6 percent of the vote. But challenger Rauner--campaigning in Chicago Thursday--said a vote for Grimm is actually a vote to keep Quinn in the governor's office.

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