Craig residents Sacha and Travis Mero are running for House Representative District 57 and for Congressional District 3, respectively.

The married couple doesnt anticipate easy wins, but they do want to get the message out about Libertarianism and challenge the two-party system. They both got the go-ahead at the Colorado Libertarian caucus in April and will be on the November ballot.

Sacha Mero ran for the District 8 State Senate seat in 2012, and said she got 4.5 percent of the vote without any campaign funding.

That just shows how much people are fed up with our two-party system, she said.

But, now the two are working together and setting up a local Libertarian group to garner more support.

This time, we have a lot more organization, Travis Mero said.

Theyre talking to people in the districts, campaigning and raising funds. Their goal is to challenge voting along a party line and to start conversations.

A lot of people will find they lean Libertarian, Sacha Mero said.

The Meros said thats because Libertarians fall in the middle on a lot of issues. Libertarianism is about personal liberty and limiting government power, Sacha Mero said.

The couple is for broad Second Amendment rights, same-sex marriage, a womans right to choose and the legalization of drugs. They want to limit government reach, empowering local governments to have the most power.

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Two Craig Libertarian candidates are running for state legislative offices