Pubdate: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) Copyright: 2001 Richmond Newspapers Inc. Contact: http://www.timesdispatch.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/365 Author: Tyler Whitley 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.