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Libertarians in Texas want voters to know, there's a third option out there.

"It's really time for voters to step outside the box," Arthur DiBianca, Travis County Libertarian Party treasurer, said. "If you keep voting Democrat and Republican, you're going to keep the same stuff we've been getting for decades."

And in Travis County, voters will see a lot of Libertarians on the ballot this year.

"We have 37 candidates this year, which is a record for us," DiBianca said.

The Austin area in particular has racked up its Libertarian base.

"We believe it's also the most Libertarian candidates on the ballot in any county in America this year, so we're excited about that too, TCLPs treasurer said.

The party's platform has a mix of ideologies, promoting both fiscal responsibility and social tolerance.

"I would say the biggest thing that we're commonly looking at is trying to get away from an overreach of government, overreach of corporatism and things like that, Libertarian House District 46 candidate Kevin Ludlow said. "I don't have any loyalty to either of the two parties so I think what I'm finding is people generally believe me when I say If I were elected, I absolutely would push forward with legislation on these things."

In Texas, a Libertarian has never held statewide office, but they do see the 2012 election as a success for them. Five of their candidates were able to each garner over 1 million votes.

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Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Keen Umbehr received the endorsement Wednesday of a former New Mexico governor and 2012 presidential candidate.

Gary Johnson, who was the Libertarian Party's nominee for president two years ago and was Republican governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, recommended Umbehr rather than Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, of Topeka, and Democratic Party nominee Paul Davis, of Lawrence.

"Keen Umbehr has been fighting for more transparent and accountable government for over 25 years," Johnson said. "The man has repeatedly risked everything to do the right thing."

Johnson said Umbehr was the best candidate based on a "proven background and steadfast commitment to uphold the Constitution."

Umbehr, an Alma attorney, said Johnson worked as a gatekeeper of poorly drafted legislation in New Mexico. In eight years, he said, Johnson vetoed more than 700 bills.

"He also had the most open governor's office imaginable, setting aside one afternoon each week when anyone could schedule a short meeting directly with the governor for any reason," Umbehr said. "That's good and transparent government and I'll follow his lead on both of these policies."

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Umbehr earns endorsement of Libertarian leader

DUNEDIN --

Adrian Wyllie isn't showing any signs of letting up.

It is less than a week before Election Day and the Libertarian candidate for governor is still stumping in Florida.

A Palm Harbor resident, Wyllie has campaigned on eliminating property taxes and red light cameras. He also has said he would cut the state budget, including school funding, by 30 percent.

Wyllie spoke with voters at Flanagan's Irish Pub in Dunedin on Tuesday and has plans to try and drum up more support today in St. Petersburg.

Wyllie told the pub crowd they are in for a few more days of what he calls "the negative ads" from Gov. Rick Scott and former-governor and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist.

"Well, it means there's gonna be even more attack ads on TV probably," Wyllie said about Gov. Scott writing a personal check for $20 million to his campaign. "It's a real shame that these guys have run this campaign the way they have.

"Both Rick Scott and Charlie Crist have run a totally negative campaign, you know, acted like children in the debates and they're not talking about the issues that are really important to the people to Florida. And I feel like I'm the only one out there offering real solutions."

Wyllie remains a distant third in the polls.

Gov. Scott and Crist remain close in the polls while Wyllie has garnered about seven percent.

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Libertarian gubernatorial candidate says he's offering real solutions

Quick Question About the Timely Plane Crash of Iowa #39;s Libertarian Senate Candidate
Just throwing this out there, but does anyone else find it a bit...oh, I dunno, odd...that the Libertarian Senate candidate for Iowa, Dr. Doug Butzier, died all alone in a plane crash less...

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A foundation led by the owner of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team and the Charles Koch Foundation have pledged $6 million to create a new center that will study enterprise and markets at the University of Maryland's business school.

The center will be dubbed the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets after a $5 million donation by Ed Snider, a Maryland alumni and chairman of Comcast-Spectacor, which owns the Flyers.

With another $1 million from the Koch Foundation, the university can hire three professors and a managing director, in addition to support staff, five doctoral candidates and four post-doctoral fellows.

Koch and his brother David run Koch Industries, an oil, gas, and chemical conglomerate that is the country's second-largest privately held company.

The Koch brothers are known for financially backing libertarian and free-market organizations, supporting conservative political causes, and helping to found other economic and policy think tanks like the conservative Cato Institute.

Charles Koch also is a board member at the George Mason University's Mercatus Center, a market-oriented think tank that some left-leaning critics argue is partisan and favors viewpoints held by the Kochs. The brothers have drawn criticism for similar donations to other universities.

University of Maryland officials said the center will conduct its hiring and research independently of the donors. The $5 million gift from the Snider Foundation is the second-largest in the business school's history after the $15 million naming grant from Robert H. Smith in 1997.

The center will draw on the expertise of academics outside of the business school and study "business as transactions among people within firms and markets" and "the history and philosophy of enterprise, markets and institutions," said Alexander Triantis, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Snider, who recently recovered from cancer, also is known for his libertarian views. He helped found the Ayn Rand Institute and was executive producer of the film "Atlas Shrugged: Part I," based on one of the libertarian author's books.

cwells@baltsun.com

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