Munger will run again

For the first time in modern North Carolina history, a third party has retained its ballot status at the voting booth. Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger polled about three percent of the vote today, besting the state's restrictive standard for a third party to poll at least two percent of the vote in the race for governor or president.

Libertarian gubernatorial Candidate Mike Munger is closing his campaign with an "Old Fashioned, Hand-Shaking, Back Roads and Small Towns Tour" of North Carolina.

For the first time in modern North Carolina history, a gubernatorial debate included a third party candidate. Libertarian Mike Munger appeared last night with Republican Pat McCrory on WUNC-TV.

The third candidate in the race, Democrat Beverly Perdue, declined to participate.

Munger thanked both WUNC-TV and McCrory for making this event possible. "A simple respect for the democratic process requires that all views to be heard," he said. "The fact that we are both here tonight shows that neither one of us is afraid of making sure all views are presented to the public.

The debate was friendly, even when the candidates disagreed, and peppered with Munger's usual quips.

Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate says "waddling debt is a duck!"

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Education: Everybody's Business -- except those who challenge the status quo, including a professor with nearly 25 years as an educator.

Ending the state's power to seize private property by forced annexation and eminent domain, improving public education through competition, restoring free, fair and open elections, and cutting off corporate welfare, will be the top legislative priorities of a Libertarians elected to the General Assembly.

WRAL TV's exclusion of the Libertarian candidate for governor from their September 9 debate amounts to a "separate but equal" policy for political debates.

Libertarian speaks from the shadows. Listen to a tape of the debate here.

The Libertarian candidate for governor says won't won't disclose his financial information unless he can participate in gubernatorial debates.

The race for North Carolina governor is now officially a three-person contest, and 12 previously unopposed General Assembly incumbents now face opposition.