In Quinn’s first foray into elective office, he tried to knock off the sitting House Minority Leader. In his second, he set his sights for the governor’s mansion.

Quinn has taken a voter-by-voter strategy to spread his Libertarian message across the state on a shoe-string budget. His platform includes reducing Maryland’s sales tax, instituting term-limits for the General Assembly and legalizing – but not taxing – marijuana.

He spent 20 years in the Navy and retired as Petty Officer First Class before embarking on a series of second careers during his 40s. Quinn has worked at a dive shop, as a training instructor for the Red Cross, and as corrections officer in Norfolk, Va.

After returning to Maryland with his wife, today, he drives a truck at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River and lives in Lusby.

His running mate is Lorenzo Gaztanaga, who ran in the lieutenant governor spot on the Libertarian ticket in 2002.