Third-party candidates running in Butler County elections are optimistic voter frustration with the two major political parties will outweigh their skepticism toward voting for a third party.

“I feel like most people … are fed up with the ‘uniparty,’ so it’s really not that much of a big sell,” said Morgen Mogus, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Butler County.

Mogus is one of five Libertarian candidates, three independent candidates and one Green Party candidate running for Butler County’s borough councils, boards of supervisors and school boards.

Where third parties have historically been viewed in competitive races as “spoilers,” according to Green Party candidate Michael Bagdes-Canning, candidates this year want voters to be less skeptical of voting third party at the ballot box.

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