SAN ANTONIO Using the Alamo as their backdrop, Libertarian party candidates running for statewide office pledged to open Texas' borders and legalize marijuana at a news conference Thursday.

I believe in the sovereign power of the individual, said Robert Butler, the party's candidate for lieutenant governor.

He then quoted Alamo fighter Davy Crockett, saying, I am no man's man. I bark at no man's bid. I will never come and go, and fetch and carry, at the whistle of the great man in the white house, no matter who he is.

Jamie Balagia, a local attorney who also practices in his hometown of Austin, is the party's candidate for Attorney General.

He said if elected, he would enforce the state's laws but make his political views well-known, including his thoughts on legalizing marijuana.

Looking at children visiting the historical mission behind him, Balagia said, I wonder how many of them will end up in handcuffs?

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