1. Robert Christopher Sarvis was born on September 15,1976 and is an American attorney.
30 Facts About Robert Sarvis
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Robert Sarvis was the Libertarian Party of Virginia's nominee for Governor of Virginia in the 2013 election, finishing third behind Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli, and he was the nominee for the US Senate in the 2014 midterm election.
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Robert Sarvis was born on September 15,1976, in Fairfax, Virginia, to a father of English and Irish descent and a mother of Chinese descent.
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Robert Sarvis earned a Master of Advanced Studies degree in mathematics from the University of Cambridge in England.
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In 2002, Robert Sarvis enrolled at the New York University School of Law, graduating with a JD in 2005.
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Robert Sarvis was a member of the Federalist Society while at NYU.
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Robert Sarvis earned a Master's degree in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Robert Sarvis is a Searle Freedom Trust Fellow and served as a fellow at George Mason's Mercatus Center for research.
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Robert Sarvis's teaching careers include time as a teaching fellow in the Harvard math department, a course assistant for calculus at UC Berkeley as well as an algebra teacher at Western Career College, now known as Carrington College California.
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In 2006, Robert Sarvis penned a 40-page article in the University of New Hampshire's Pierce Law Review expressing concern over congressional delegation of legislative responsibilities to the executive branch, and support for increased formalism in separation of powers.
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Robert Sarvis is a member of the New York State Bar and DC Bar.
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Robert Sarvis opposes Medicaid expansion, and supports abolition of the car tax and occupational license tax, Robert Sarvis called for an end to "the increasing aggressiveness of law enforcement tactics" citing an incident involving Virginia ABC agents and a group of University of Virginia students.
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Robert Sarvis proposed shifting responsibility for policing liquor sales from ABC to state and local police, and supported privatization of liquor sales in Virginia.
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In 2011, Robert Sarvis ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for State Senate in the heavily Democratic-leaning Virginia's 35th district.
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Robert Sarvis was outspent by his opponent Saslaw $1,897,061 to $26,402.
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In 2013, Robert Sarvis was nominated by the Libertarian Party of Virginia as the party's gubernatorial candidate.
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Robert Sarvis's campaign secured sufficient signatures to get him on the ballot, and he became the fourth minor party nominee in forty years to get on the Virginia statewide ballot.
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Robert Sarvis ran against Republican Ken Cuccinelli and Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the race.
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Robert Sarvis was not invited to the debates with Cuccinelli and the McAuliffe, even though some Virginia newspapers and others called for his inclusion.
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Opinion polls of Virginia voters found that Robert Sarvis's support drew about equally from the Republican and Democratic-leaning voters.
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Robert Sarvis debuted his first televised campaign ad during the showing of the NBC4 debate in September 2013.
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Robert Sarvis obtained 146,084 votes, which was wider than McAuliffe's victory margin over Cuccinelli.
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Robert Sarvis outperformed other Libertarian Party candidates, such as presidential candidate Gary Johnson, marking a record performance among Libertarian candidates in a gubernatorial elections.
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The bulk of contributions primarily came from individual donations; Robert Sarvis was the largest single financial contributor to his own campaign at $21,057.
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On election day, some conservative sites claimed that Robert Sarvis' campaign was partly financed by software billionaire Joe Liemandt.
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In 2014, Robert Sarvis announced his candidacy for the US Senate seat against the incumbent, Mark Warner, a Democrat who ran for re-election, and Republican Ed Gillespie.
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Robert Sarvis was supported by former Republican activist Caleb Coulter.
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Robert Sarvis called for congressional authorization for US military action against ISIL.
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Robert Sarvis was accused by both Republicans and Democrats of being secretly funded by the other side.
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Robert Sarvis sought to be included to debates against Warner and Gillespie, but was not invited to the debates.