Mike Munger, chair of the political science department, who ran for governor as a Libertarian candidate, was featured in a Dukenews video posted today in which he dives into the ocean. Wait, allow me to repeat that: Munger, dressed in a tweed suit and tie, takes a head-on dive into the salty waters of the North Carolina coast. Why? Two reasons: to celebrate the end of a long campaign and, as a last resort, to draw media attention. He decries local news stations WRAL and WDTV for not inviting him to participate in gubernatorial debates.
“This is really the only way that a libertarian or any third party candidate can get any attention,” he says, before storming into the sea.
Fox News has projected that Lt. Gov. Democrat Bev Perdue has defeated Republican Pat McCrory and Libertarian Michael Munger to become the next Governor of North Carolina.
Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger has 2.81 percent of North Carolina’s vote, according to unofficial results that include 17 of 100 counties completely reported and 53 counties partially reported.
If Munger, who serves as chair of Duke’s political science department, wins at least 2 percent of the vote, the Libertarian party can remain on the state’s ballot until 2012.
The unofficial results show Democratic Lt. Gov. Bev Perdue slightly ahead of Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory by about 3 percentage points.
