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"I would like to see the sales tax on food items be exempt in Jefferson County and curb as much of the wasteful spending as I can."

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Uphill would be an understatement.

Even the chairman of theLibertarian Party of Alabama acknowledges that his candidates face daunting challenges against incumbent Democrats and Republicans in the Nov. 4 election.

"Uphill, I don't know if it's the right word," said Leigh LaChine, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alabama. "Most of our money we spent getting on the ballot. So we don't have a lot of money for candidates."

For the first time since 2006 the Libertarians will have candidates on the ballot in Jefferson County. The election is Nov. 4 and each County Commissioner will face a Libertarian challenger.

Choice

LaChine said it's about "freedom of choice."

"It's a logically consistent approach to politics," he said. "If you look at a law and if it's going to allow the people to be freer and to do their own thing then we're for it; if it's going to oppress the people, then we don't want it. If it's going to tax the people more, we don't want it."

LaChine said he hopes at least one of the candidates in the race will get at least 20 percent of the vote which will guarantee ballot access for the party in Jefferson County in the 2016 elections.

William Stewart, retired professor of political science at the University of Alabama, said it's healthy that citizens have choice other than just a Democrat or Republican.

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Richard Lion, a Libertarian who has previously run for state representative and mayor of Hartford, is challenging Democratic incumbent Jason Rojas in the 9th House District.

This is Lion's seventh run for public office. Lion, who describes himself as more of an activist than a politician, has yet to be elected.

"It's not that I don't want to win, but if winning was my number one thing, I wouldn't have run with the Libertarian Party. I would have run with the Democratic Party," said the 58-year-old Manchester resident. "But I don't think what America needs is another Democrat or another Republican. I think we need more parties."

The 9th House District covers East Hartford and Manchester.

In previous campaigns, Lion's primary topic was marijuana legalization. This time around, he says all drugs should be legal. The war on drugs, he said, creates crime on the streets, costs millions in tax dollars and oppresses people, he said.

"We're paying taxes to put people in jail," he said. "We can't lower our taxes if you're going to keep building stupid things and putting people in jail for no reason."

If cocaine were sold in package stores, the potency of the drug would be regulated, leading to less accidental overdoses. Revenues from taxing the drug could be used to help rehabilitate addicts, he said.

Legalizing drugs like cocaine would also reduce violent crimes associated with illegal street sales, he said.

Lion is opposed to what he believes are unnecessary construction projects like the University of Connecticut football stadium, the busway and the Rock Cats baseball stadium.

"They talk about wanting to lower taxes, but they propose to build a baseball stadium and a bus line to New Britain," he said.

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