LIBERTARIANS ADDED TO BALLOT IN 2 RACES

The contests for governor and lieutenant governor each will have a third
candidate on the ballot.

William B. Redpath of Herndon and Gary A. Reams of Mason Neck qualified as
candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, according to
the State Board of Elections.

Both have been endorsed by the Libertarian Party but will be running as
independents because the party is not recognized as a political party in
Virginia. Redpath and Reams both work as consultants in Fairfax County.

The Libertarian Party generally opposes government regulations, taxes and
social intervention in people's lives.

Dr. Stephen Farnsworth, an associate professor of political science at Mary
Washington College, said third-party candidates generally fare poorly in
Virginia because they are unable to gain attention against the major-party
candidates. The races would have to be unusually close for them to make a
difference, he said.

Reams, however, has an attention-getting platform. He wants to make the
contest solely a referendum, or "reeferendum" as he calls it, on the
legalization of marijuana.

Harry Browne, the Libertarian Party candidate for president last year, got
only 15,198 votes in Virginia. A third-party candidate for governor in
1997, Sue Harris DeBauche, received 26,000 votes, just 1.5 percent of the
total.

Republican Mark L. Earley of Chesterfield, formerly of Chesapeake, and
Democrat Mark R. Warner of Alexandria are the major-party candidates for
governor. Republican Del. Jay Katzen of Fauquier and Democrat Timothy M.
Kaine, Richmond's mayor, are the major-party candidates for lieutenant
governor.

The election is Nov. 6.