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Robert Sarvis
Robert Sarvis was a 2014 Libertarian candidate seeking election to the U.S. Senate from Virginia.[1][2] Robert Sarvis lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
He was the 2013 Libertarian nominee for Governor of Virginia.
Biography
Sarvis is a native of northern Virginia. He was raised in West Springfield and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology. Sarvis attended Harvard University and the University of Cambridge for his undergraduate studies, and he earned a degree in mathematics. He then expanded his academic credentials to include a master's degree in economics and a law degree from George Mason University and New York University, respectively.[3]
According to his 2013 campaign website, Sarvis has worked as an entrepreneur and small-business owner, a software engineer and mobile-app developer, a math teacher and a lawyer.[3]
Education
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, Harvard University, University of Cambridge
- Master's degree in economics, George Mason University
- Juris Doctorate, N.Y.U. School of Law
Campaign themes
2014
Sarvis listed the following issues on his website:[4]
| “ |
Jobs & Economic Growth End cronyism and unshackle the economy. Economic freedom leads to innovation, job-creation, and wage growth. Debt, Spending & Balanced Budgets Reduce spending. Simplify taxes. Reform entitlements. Reverse bureaucratic bloat. Balance the budget. Healthcare Reform Real healthcare reform begins with deregulation—more healthcare service-providers, rational incentives, and innovation will produce accessible and affordable care. Civil Liberties & Surveillance Restore and protect civil liberties by ending government mass surveillance of innocent citizens. Immigration Reject nativism and protectionism. Welcome immigrants of all skill levels. Foreign Affairs Lead the world by example—protect freedom at home and engage in free trade with all peaceful nations. Drug Reform Legalize marijuana at the federal level and end the catastrophic drug war. Reduce incarceration of nonviolent criminals. End asset-forfeiture abuse. Reverse the militarization of police. Freedom to Marry: Same-Sex Marriage Treat same-sex couples equally. Freedom to Carry: Gun Rights & the Second Amendment Protect gun rights and respect the Second Amendment. Term Limits, Nonpartisan Redistricting, and Other Electoral Reforms It's time to enact Congressional term limits and nonpartisan redistricting for Congressional districts. And that's not all. Pipelines & Eminent Domain Don't give private companies special privileges and eminent domain powers. Environmental Policy Protect the environment through strict liability rules, market-based mechanisms, and innovation prizes. Economic Stability Deep economic recessions and financial crises often stem from monetary policy mistakes. Establish a rule-based NGDP-targeting policy. Farm & Food Freedom End unnecessary regulations and restrictions on farmers and wasteful subsidies to Big AgriBusiness. Abortion Congress does not have the power to pass laws restricting abortions.[5] |
” |
| —Robert Sarvis, https://web.archive.org/web/20141021211751/http://www.robertsarvis.com/issues | ||
2013
Sarvis' website in 2013 listed the following issues:
- Universal School Choice
- Excerpt: "To prepare our children for the real world, we need to adopt a modern approach that is proven to work and built to last. This means two things...Parents, not politicians or bureaucrats, should be in charge of the education dollars spent on their children, and teachers need to be liberated from the politicized, bureaucratic status quo and rewarded for the educational value (i.e., student learning) they create."[6]
- Tax Relief
- Sarvis wants "to end the car tax... business, business/professional/occupational license tax, machine & tools tax, merchant capital tax, consider ending the income tax and replace various taxes with simple user fees."[7]
- Drug Reform
- Excerpt: "I propose legalizing marijuana in Virginia, decriminalizing harder drugs, and adopting a rational, evidence-based regulatory policy."[8]
2011
Sarvis' website in 2011 listed the following issues:
- Leadership
- Excerpt: "Change is coming to Richmond. I am bringing to the state capital a new brand of leadership that focuses on our common priorities, solves problems in intelligent ways, avoids divisiveness and partisanship, and fosters unity, good government, freedom, opportunity, and prosperity."
- Transportation Funding Equity
- Excerpt: "Transportation infrastructure is supposed to be a major priority of our state government. So why is traffic such a mess? Because Richmond wastes taxpayer money on non-priorities and gives Northern Virginia short shrift in transportation infrastructure spending."
- Mark Center / BRAC
- Excerpt: "Let’s elect a leader who demands that any building project must take into account externalities like traffic and environmental impact and have plans to mitigate them from the outset. That’s good economics and good public policy."
- Education
- Excerpt: "Empowering parents through local control of public schools is the default rule of good government. But our state government in Richmond trampled over that rule a quarter-century ago, mandating all public schools throughout the state start the academic year after Labor Day."
- Taxes
- Excerpt: "I propose totally overhauling Virginia’s tax scheme, replacing it with a system designed for long-term prosperity and transparency. No more loopholes. No more group favoritism. No more carve-outs and subsidies."
Elections
2014
Sarvis ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. Senate, to represent Virginia. Sarvis ran as a Libertarian candidate.[1][9] Robert Sarvis lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Mark Warner Incumbent |
49.1% | 1,073,667 | |
| Republican | Ed Gillespie | 48.3% | 1,055,940 | |
| Libertarian | Robert Sarvis | 2.4% | 53,102 | |
| N/A | write-in | 0.1% | 1,764 | |
| Total Votes | 2,184,473 | |||
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections | ||||
Polls
| General election | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Mark Warner (D) | Ed Gillespie (R) | Robert Sarvis (L) | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | |||||||||||||
| Vox Populi October 30, 2014 | 44% | 40% | 5% | 11% | +/-3.6 | 734 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling October 29-30, 2014 | 49% | 40% | 5% | 6% | +/-3.2 | 937 | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport University’s Watson Center for Public Policy October 23-29, 2014 | 51% | 44% | 2% | 3% | +/-3.9 | 634 | |||||||||||||
| Roanoke College October 20-25, 2014 | 45% | 32% | 3% | 20% | +/-3.6 | 738 | |||||||||||||
| University of Mary Washington October 1-6, 2014 | 47% | 37% | 6% | 3% | +/-5.3 | 444 | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport University’s Watson Center for Public Policy Sept. 29-Oct. 5 | 51% | 39% | 3% | 7% | +/-3.5 | 839 | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport University’s Watson Center for Public Policy September 2-7, 2014 | 53% | 31% | 5% | 11% | +/-3.4 | 819 | |||||||||||||
| Roanoke College Poll July 14-19, 2014 | 47% | 22% | 5% | 26% | +/-4.2 | 566 | |||||||||||||
| Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warner (D) v. Gillespie (R) v. Sarvis (L) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Mark Warner | Ed Gillespie | Robert Sarvis (L) | Wouldn't vote | Someone else | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | |||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University March 19-24, 2014 | 47% | 22% | 5% | 2% | 0% | 15% | +/-2.7 | 1,288 | |||||||||||
| Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warner (D) v. Gillespie (R) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Mark Warner (D) | Ed Gillespie (R) | Someone else | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | |||||||||||||
| Roanoke College February 22-28, 2014 | 56% | 39% | 12% | 2% | +/-3.4 | 821 | |||||||||||||
| Harper Polling February 4-5, 2014 | 44% | 38% | 0% | 18% | +/-3.2 | 936 | |||||||||||||
| Wason Center for Public Policy January 15-22, 2014 | 50% | 30% | 2% | 18% | +/-3.1 | 1,023 | |||||||||||||
| Roanoke College January 13-17, 2014 | 50% | 30% | 0% | 20% | +/-3.9 | 633 | |||||||||||||
| Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org | |||||||||||||||||||
2013
- See also: Virginia gubernatorial election, 2013
Sarvis was the Libertarian nominee for Governor of Virginia. He was nominated as the party's official gubernatorial candidate at a special convention on April 21, 2013.[10] He came in third to Ken Cuccinelli (R) and Terry McAuliffe (D) in the general election on November 5, 2013.[11]
Sarvis often achieved high single digit to low double digit percentages in the gubernatorial polls, a feat not often accomplished by minor party candidates. Just before voting began, a rumor began circulating that Sarvis was backed by Obama supporters in an effort many thought was launched to gain back the conservative votes Sarvis had garnered from Cuccinelli. Sarvis joked about the accusations saying, "There are probably half a dozen to a dozen blog posts out there, and a new one today about the Libertarian booster's PAC, which helped us fund the petition drive—one of their donors was previously an Obama donor, so I'm supposed to be a stooge for Obama now."[12] Sarvis walked away with seven percent of the vote on election night, the best showing by a minor party candidate in the state since 1965.[13]
| Virginia Gubernatorial General Election, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Terry McAuliffe |
47.8% | 1,069,789 | |
| Republican | Ken Cuccinelli | 45.2% | 1,013,354 | |
| Libertarian | Robert Sarvis | 6.5% | 146,084 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.5% | 11,087 | |
| Total Votes | 2,240,314 | |||
| Election Results via Virginia State Board of Elections. | ||||
Race background
Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) was ineligible to run for re-election in 2013 because of term limits. Term limits for governors in Virginia are stricter than in any other state in the country. Under the commonwealth's constitution, governors are prohibited from serving consecutive terms. As a result, Governor Bob McDonnell, despite being in his first term, was ineligible to seek re-election.
Virginia does not impose term limits on the office of attorney general, which made Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's (R) decision to run for governor, rather than seek re-election, unexpected. Had Cuccinelli not entered the race, outgoing Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling would have been considered the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to succeed Governor Bob McDonnell.[14] Following the state Republican Party's decision to switch from an open primary election to a closed nominating convention beginning in 2013, and with Cuccinelli entering the race, outgoing Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling withdrew his bid for the Republican nomination in November 2012.[15][16] Regarding the option of seeking re-election as lieutenant governor, Bill Bolling stated that, “Under normal circumstances, I would be open to the possibility of running for another term as lieutenant governor, but I would not be interested in running on a statewide ticket with Mr. Cuccinelli.”[17] He later said he regretted dropping out of the race as early as he did.[18]
McDonnell had previously pledged his support for Bolling's candidacy, in part because Bolling refrained from challenging McDonnell for governor in 2009. After Bolling left the race, Governor Bob McDonnell endorsed fellow Republican Ken Cuccinelli as his preferred successor, despite Cuccinelli’s public opposition to McDonnell’s Transportation Initiative, which was widely viewed as a key part of the governor’s legacy. Interestingly, Cuccinelli’s general election opponent, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, was also vocal on the transportation funding issue, but in support of Governor McDonnell’s approach to amending the state’s transportation funding policy.[19][20]
In response to the major party picks, the Libertarian Party held a special convention and nominated Robert Sarvis as the party's official gubernatorial candidate.[21]
Like Cuccinelli and Sarvis, McAuliffe faced no primary opponent. In the days leading up to the election, Terry McAuliffe maintained a comfortable lead in both polling and fundraising over Ken Cuccinelli and Robert Sarvis. Aggregated polling data showed McAuliffe holding an average advantage of about seven percentage points over Cuccinelli. This lead was largely driven by a preference for McAuliffe among female voters, who favored him 58–34 percent, while support among male voters was nearly even between the two candidates.[22][23] In the final campaign finance reporting period ending October 28, Terry McAuliffe reported raising $8.1 million, compared to Ken Cuccinelli’s $2.9 million. McAuliffe also held $1.6 million in cash on hand, roughly twice the amount Cuccinelli had available. Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis trailed both major-party candidates, reporting $81,595 raised and $58,584 in cash on hand.[24][25][26] Hillary Clinton's endorsement of Terry McAuliffe on October 19—her first campaign event appearance since leaving the position of U.S. Secretary of State—further enhanced McAuliffe’s status as the frontrunner.[27] Former President Bill Clinton threw in his support soon thereafter, followed by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, who joined the McAuliffe campaign effort in the final week of the election season.[28]
The three candidates faced off in the general election on November 5, 2013. McAuliffe won by a 2.6 percent margin.[29]
Impact of US government shutdown on governor's race
The 2013 federal government shutdown occurred during the final weeks of the Virginia gubernatorial race, adding a significant backdrop to the contest between major party nominees Terry McAuliffe (D) and Ken Cuccinelli (R).[30] Each campaign released an ad during the aftermath of the shutdown.[31]
Seeking to build on his 5.3% polling lead, McAuliffe’s campaign released an advertisement linking Cuccinelli to Republican members of Congress, highlighting Cuccinelli’s association with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).[32] The ad referenced Cuccinelli's previous effort to defund Planned Parenthood, suggesting that these actions contributed to delays in passing other legislation. The ad also claimed that Cuccinelli had been sufficiently opposed to Mark Warner's 2004 budget to call for a shutdown of the state government.[33]
Cuccinelli's campaign released an ad citing articles from The Washington Post and the Richmond-Times Dispatch that criticized McAuliffe’s proposed budget plan and claimed McAuliffe had threatened a government shutdown if the plan was not approved. The radio spot also accused McAuliffe of being "against compromise, against working together to find solutions,” pointing to McAuliffe's support for Democratic members of Congress who had supported the government shutdown.[34][35]
The shutdown was also referenced by Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis, who argued that it had soured voters on the major parties. "People are looking for other options they don't like what they have to see from those two parties and we're trying to fill that void with principled advocacy for more freedom in our economic sphere and personal lives," stated Sarvis.[36][37]
Polls
All candidates
| Governor of Virginia: All candidates | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Terry McAuliffe (D) | Ken Cuccinelli (R) | Robert Sarvis (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Emerson College Poll (October 25-20, 2013) | 42% | 40% | 13% | 5% | +/-3.24 | 874 | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport University Poll of Likely Voters (October 25-30, 2013) | 45% | 38% | 10% | 7% | +/-3.0 | 1,038 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 43.5% | 39% | 11.5% | 6% | +/-3.12 | 956 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of Virginia: All candidates | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Terry McAuliffe (D) | Ken Cuccinelli (R) | Robert Sarvis (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll (October 30, 2013) | 45% | 41% | 9% | 4% | +/-2.9 | 1,182 | |||||||||||||
| Washington Post/Abt-SRBI Poll (October 24-27, 2013) | 51% | 39% | 8% | 1% | +/-4.5 | 762 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Poll (Early voters) (October 19-20, 26-27, 2013) | 55% | 40% | 3% | 2% | +/-- | 1,433 | |||||||||||||
| Old Dominion University Poll | 44% | 37% | 7% | 9% | +/-5.0 | 670 | |||||||||||||
| Wenzel Strategies (October 21-22, 2013) | 41% | 40% | 10% | 9% | +/-3.85 | 640 | |||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll (October 15-21, 2013) | 46% | 39% | 10% | 4% | +/-3.0 | 1,085 | |||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports Poll (October 20, 2013) | 50% | 33% | 8% | 5% | +/-3.0 | 1,000 | |||||||||||||
| NBC4/NBC News/Marist Poll (October 13-15, 2013) | 46% | 38% | 9% | 7% | +/-4.0 | 596 | |||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll (October 2-8, 2013) | 47% | 39% | 8% | 6% | +/-2.9 | 1,180 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Poll/Harper (October 5-6, 2013) | 44% | 35% | 12% | 9% | +/-2.9 | 1,150 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 46.9% | 38.1% | 8.4% | 5.6% | +/-2.31 | 969.8 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of Virginia: All candidates | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Terry McAuliffe (D) | Ken Cuccinelli (R) | Robert Sarvis (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Newport Poll (October 1-6, 2013) | 47% | 38% | 9% | 11% | +/-3.1 | 886 | |||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports Poll (September 23, 2013) | 44% | 38% | 6% | 11% | +/-3.0 | 1,050 | |||||||||||||
| NBC News/Marist Poll (September 17-19, 2013) | 43% | 38% | 8% | 11% | +/-4.2 | 546 | |||||||||||||
| Washington Post-Abt SRBI poll (September 19-22, 2013) | 47% | 39% | 10% | 3% | +/-4.5 | 562 | |||||||||||||
| Harper Polling/Conservative Intel (September 15-16, 2013) | 42% | 37% | 10% | 11% | +/-3.51 | 779 | |||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll (September 9-15, 2013) | 44% | 41% | 7% | 6% | +/-3.1 | 1,005 | |||||||||||||
| League of Women Voters/Public Policy Polling (August 27-28, 2013) | 44% | 37% | 9% | 9% | +/-- | 500 | |||||||||||||
| Emerson College Poll (August 23-28, 2013) | 45% | 35% | 10% | 11% | +/-3.8 | 653 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (July 11-14, 2013) | 41% | 37% | 7% | 5% | +/-4.0 | 601 | |||||||||||||
| Roanoke University Poll (July 8-14, 2013) | 31% | 37% | 5% | 27% | +/-4.3 | 525 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 42.8% | 37.7% | 8.1% | 10.5% | +/-2.73 | 710.7 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
McAuliffe vs. Cuccinelli only
| Governor of Virginia: Cuccinelli v. McAuliffe (June 2013 - present) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Terry McAuliffe (D) | Ken Cuccinelli (R) | Undecided/Other | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Poll/Harper (October 5-6, 2013) | 52% | 42% | 6% | +/-2.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Washington Post-Abt SRBI poll (September 19-22, 2013) | 49% | 44% | 7% | +/-4.5 | 562 | ||||||||||||||
| Purple Strategies Poll (September 6-10, 2013) | 43% | 38% | 19% | +/-3.5 | 800 | ||||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports (September 3-4, 2013) | 45% | 38% | 10% | +/-3.0 | 998 | ||||||||||||||
| Internal Poll (August 13-18, 2013) | 48% | 44% | 8% | +/-4.0 | 600 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll (August 14-19, 2013) | 48% | 42% | 9% | +/-2.9 | 1,129 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll (July 11-15, 2013) | 43% | 39% | 16% | +/-3.1 | 1,030 | ||||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports Poll (June 5-6, 2013) | 44% | 41% | 12% | +/-3.0 | 1,000 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 46.5% | 41% | 10.88% | +/-3.36 | 764.88 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Governor of Virginia: Cuccinelli v. McAuliffe (February 2013 - May 2013) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Terry McAuliffe (D) | Ken Cuccinelli (R) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (May 24-26, 2013) | 42% | 37% | 21% | +/-3.8 | 672 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University (May 8-13, 2013) | 43% | 38% | 17% | +/-2.7 | 1,286 | ||||||||||||||
| NBC News/Marist Poll (April 28-May 2, 2013) | 43% | 41% | 16% | +/-3.0 | 1,095 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington Post (Likely Voters) (April 29-May 2, 2013) | 41% | 51% | 8% | +/-5.0 | 663 | ||||||||||||||
| Washington Post (Registered Voters) (April 29-May 2, 2013) | 41% | 46% | 13% | +/-4.0 | 887 | ||||||||||||||
| Roanoke College Poll (April 8-14, 2013) | 29% | 34% | 38% | +/-3.9 | 629 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University (Feb. 14-18, 2013) | 38% | 38% | 21% | +/-2.0 | 1,112 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 39.57% | 40.71% | 19.14% | +/-3.49 | 906.29 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
2011
- See also: Virginia State Senate elections, 2011
Sarvis ran in the 2011 election for Virginia Senate District 35 as a Republican. He was uncontested in the August 23 primary. He was opposed by incumbent Democrat Dick Saslaw and Katherine Ann Pettigrew (I) in the November 8 general election. Saslaw defeated Pettigrew and Sarvis in the general election.[38]
| Virginia State Senate, District 35 General Election, 2011 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Dick Saslaw Incumbent |
61.7% | 15,905 | |
| Republican | Robert Sarvis | 36% | 9,272 | |
| Green | Katherine Ann Pettigrew | 2.3% | 591 | |
| Total Votes | 25,768 | |||
Campaign contributions
2014
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Sarvis' reports.[39]
| Robert Sarvis (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[40] | August 25, 2014 | $0.00 | $47,167.44 | $(40,093.48) | $7,073.96 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $47,167.44 | $(40,093.48) | ||||||||
2013
| Robert Sarvis[41] Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Post-Primary Report | July 15, 2013 | $4,630.30 | $1,015.00 | $(36,733.52) | $2,002.61 | ||||
| 8 Day Pre-General Report | October 28, 2013 | $21,997.32 | $81,595.17 | $(45,008.58) | $58,583.91 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $82,610.17 | $(81,742.1) | ||||||||
Personal
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Sarvis resides in Annandale, Virginia, with his wife and two children.[3]
Recent news
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See also
- Governor of Virginia
- Virginia gubernatorial election, 2013
- United States Senate
- United States Senate elections in Virginia, 2014
External links
- Social media:
- Biographies:
- Executive actions:
- Financial (state level):
- Interest group ratings:
- Issue positions:
- Public statements:
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politico, "Libertarian to run for Senate in Va.," accessed January 30, 2014
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "Politico Covers News that Rob Sarvis Will Run for U.S. Senate in Virginia as a Libertarian," accessed January 30, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sarvis for Governor 2014 Campaign Website, "About Rob," accessed May 21, 2013
- ↑ RobertSarvis.com”, "Issues," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Robert Sarvis for Governor, "Issues-School Choice," accessed August 1, 2013
- ↑ Robert Sarvis for Governor, "Issues-Tax Relief," accessed August 1, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Robert Sarvis for Governor, "Issues-Drug Reform," accessed August 1, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ WJLA, "Robert Sarvis considering U.S. Senate run against Warner," accessed December 3, 2013
- ↑ Independent Political Report, "Robert Sarvis Receives Libertarian Party of Virginia Nomination for Governor in 2013," accessed April 27, 2013
- ↑ FOX News, “Democrat Terry McAuliffe wins Va. governor’s race, Fox News projects,” November 5, 2013
- ↑ Slate, "Virginia's Libertarian Candidate for Governor Votes, Speaks," November 5, 2013
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Terry McAuliffe wins bitter Virginia governor race against Republican Ken Cuccinelli," November 6, 2013
- ↑ Richmond Times Dispatch, "Bolling on Cuccinelli: 'Nothing he does surprises me'," December 6, 2011
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwapo1 - ↑ Washington Post, "Bill Bolling decides not to seek GOP nomination for VA governor," November 28, 2012
- ↑ The Roanoke Times, "Could Bolling run for governor as an independent?" November 28, 2012
- ↑ The Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Bolling regrets dropping out of the race so soon," April 22, 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcollegian - ↑ Washington Post, "Cuccinelli vs. McAuliffe: Virginia governor’s race holds the eyes of the nation," March 29, 2013
- ↑ Independent Political Report, "Robert Sarvis Receives Libertarian Party of Virginia Nomination for Governor in 2013," accessed April 27, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "McAuliffe opens up double digit lead over Cuccinelli in Virginia governor's race," October 28, 2013
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