South Carolina's Libertarian Party has nominated candidates for state education superintendent and the 4th Congressional District.

Tim Moultrie, a college prep and honors teacher from the Midlands, will run for superintendent. John Cobin, an author and financial planner from Greenville, will be the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House seat.

Cobin said in announcing his nomination that his candidacy offers "a logical alternative to the big-government, globalist policies of incumbent Bob Inglis."

Moultrie said his platform will address "the problems of too much bureaucracy, driven by too much money, which has created an epidemic of social promotion -- and it all rests upon the fact that, through property taxes, our homes are hostages to unrestrained spending. Also, we must free teachers to do what they have been trained to do: teach."

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He is a member of the board of STOPtax, an organization that promotes property tax relief.

Democratic Education Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum is not running for a third term. There is a five-way primary for the Republican nomination.

Inglis, the Republican incumbent, is running for re-election. William Griffith has filed as a Democrat.

Moultrie has been a candidate in the past, for the 2nd Congressional District in 2000 and governor in 1998, receiving 1.3 percent and less than 1 percent of the votes, respectively.

In 2002, Marvay Manigault, the Libertarian candidate for superintendent, received 2.1 percent of the 1.08 million votes cast.