By Andy Metzger  Statehouse News Service  BOSTON -- While the
two major parties gear up for the U.S. Senate special election
between Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democratic Congressman Ed
Markey, a third, little-known candidate will also appear on the
June 25 ballot.  Richard Heos, a Woburn man aligned with the
Twelve Visions Party, paid a signature gatherer out of his own
pocket, he told the News Service, and has qualified for the
ballot. Heos said he assembled 11,000 nomination signatures.
"We're a brand-new political party," said Heos, 66, adding he is
a disabled Navy veteran who officiates high school football,
basketball and baseball games.  The Twelve Visions Party formed
in 2009, in Chicago, and Heos said the aim is to elect a
president who would hone the focus of the federal government, so
that it has "a protection-only budget. No entitlement programs,
just to protect the borders and the people of the United States
of America."  Heos said his past political experience includes
working with former U.S