The Libertarian Party takes a chance with the candidate on a personal trainer for Missouri U.S. Senate race.
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The Libertarian Party takes a chance with the candidate on a personal trainer for Missouri U.S. Senate race.

Date: September 29, 2010
By: Rebecca May
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
A personal trainer is the Libertarian Party's candidate for Missouri's U.S. Senate seat.
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Wrap: Jonathan Dine is not the typical candidate to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Despite no prior political experience before this year, Dine has made it past the primaries for the Libertarian Party.

Marc Lewis, Dine's boss and owner of Snap Fitness says he's worked with Dine for more than a year now and believes he has his head in the right place.

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Description: "That's one thing that I see in him, wanting to change or fix things that are broken in our political system."

Dine says he is just the average guy, but says this is what the people want and need.

Dine has been a personal trainer for the past 11 years and attends Chuck E. Cheese with his daughter, Isabella Rose on a regular basis. 

From the state Capitol I'm Becky May.

Intro: 
Political candidates' names can be seen often on yard signs, but one candidate for the U.S. Senate is campaigning his name on his body. Becky May has more from Jefferson City.
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Wrap: The Libertarian Party candidate for the seat in the U.S. Senate has a campaign technique unlike many have seen before.

Jonathan Dine got his name out to the public by sporting temporary tattoos of his name down his arms and words that read Libertarian Party across his back.

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Description: "As a Libertarian, I think I've got a little bit of both you know the socially liberal aspect and the fiscally conservative you know elements, and my message is definitely for the 18-35 crowd, the people who haven't really become entrenched in a party, who are still up to making their minds."

Chairperson of the Libertarian Party, Cisse (C.C.) Spragins says she thinks his campaign has been successful in reaching out to a younger set of voters.

From the state capitol I'm Becky May.

Intro: 
Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate urges voters to look over the two party system and vote for someone he says is the average guy. Becky May has more from Jefferson City.
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Wrap: Long-shot Libertarian candidate, Jonathan Dine has been testing out new campaign techniques to attract voters to a third party candidate.

Dine says he had a friend give him temporary tattoos of his name down his arms, with the words Libertarian Party across his back.

Dine says his goal was to draw attention to his name, but also spread awareness about the Libertarian Party itself.

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Description: "There's four million registered voters. Only two million participated, one million for the Republicans and one million for the Democrats. So there were two million people out there who you know didn't feel the need to participate or didn't feel like their was adequate representation for them."

Dine says stepping away from the career politician is his main goal for the future of government.

From Jefferson City I'm Becky May.