(Raleigh, NC) -- Barbara Howe has been running a lot -- both literally and for North Carolina political office.

Howe is in her fourth bid for North Carolina statewide office as this year's Libertarian Party nominee for governor.

The Oxford resident has spread the word of her campaign by jogging in 5-kilometer increments through more than 90 of the state's 100 counties. Howe says she meets people in the community.

It gives her a chance to share her party's philosophy of a limited government that stays out of people's business.