Jim C. Perry, formerly of the Libertarian Party, currently working with the Democrats and a friend of the Democratic Freedom Caucus. News from the Concord Monitor:

Perry said he was motivated to run for the Legislature - and to do so as a Democrat - after watching Senate Republicans defeat a bill to prevent New Hampshire from accepting "Real ID," the federal act mandating that states comply with national identification standards and share resident information with other states.

"The Republicans in the Senate basically shafted the people of the state of New Hampshire," Perry said.

Perry said he wants to extend privacy rights and civil liberties, not abolish government. He said he has outgrown some of his adolescent and teenage views, and he believes the state must ensure public safety and extend certain social services that the private sector can't adequately provide. He insists that he is a Democrat - one influenced by Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. "Government is best which governs least," he said.

Like Democratic Gov. John Lynch, Perry said, he opposes a sales or income tax.

It's intriguing to see the continued shift from the Libertarian Party to a bigger-tent Democratic Party.