#robert sarvis

[vagovwatch]

Robert Sarvis goes back to college, says higher education needs to meet changing job demands

RICHMOND, Va. — Libertarian senatorial candidate Robert Sarvis wants to change the traditional model of higher education if elected on November 4. Sarvis said in an interview with VCU’s “iPadJournos” project that the trajectory for high school graduates in today’s diverse economy doesn’t have to be the typical four-year university degree Read more on WTVR.com http://wtvr.com/2014/10/23/robert-sarvis-higher-education-ipadjournos/

[richardbillies-blog]

Know the candidates: 10 things you probably didn't know about Robert Sarvis

Know the candidates: 10 things you probably didn’t know about Robert Sarvis

This is the third of three posts on some things you probably didn’t know about the men running for the U.S. Senate in Virginia. This is from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

1. Sarvis was a Republican before becoming a Libertarian. Asked why he switched, he quotes Bob Dylan — “I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.”

2.Though he has long supported reforms like legalizing marijuana and…

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[lonelycandidate]

Touching Me, Touching You

Said Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Robert Sarvis: "I’m the only candidate in the race reaching out to such a diverse group of Virginians."

via Augusta Free Press

[lonelycandidate]

Hungry, Hungry Hypocrits

Said U.S. Senate candidate from Virginia Robert Sarvis, "I’m the only candidate who could have been on the stage today to call out the other two about their hypocrisy and their bad policies."

via WVTF

[virginiatowncrier]

Ask Robert Sarvis if he thinks he really has a chance to win the race for the U.S. Senate, and he won’t insult your intelligence with a lot of bogus reasons why he just might be able to pull it off. Even though the Libertarian candidate garnered 6.5% last year in his run last year for governor, he acknowledges that many of his votes came from Virginians who just couldn’t stomach the Democratic and Republican nominees. The same cannot be said of his opponents this year. But he still makes a strong case why pulling the Libertarian lever won’t be wasted this fall: He’s building the Libertarian Party for the future.

I caught up with Sarvis a couple of weeks ago when he was in Richmond. We sat in a booth at Kuba Kuba, a great little Cuban restaurant in the Fan, and munched deep-fried plaintains. No one seemed to recognize him as the third most serious candidate for Senate this year. Perhaps the same could have been said of Republican Ed Gillespie as well, but the Republican candidate would have been accompanied by his campaign minions. Sarvis, who lives in Northern Virginia, was traveling alone. His incredibly low profile in early May did not augur especially well for his odds in the campaign but it was fine with me. We got to chat without interruption.

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~ Bacon’s Rebellion

[virginiatowncrier]

Robert Sarvis (L) is back. His goal: Become the next senator from Virginia.

While Libertarian Party candidates in competitive races have been known to give Republicans heartburn, Sarvis shouldn’t cause Republican Ed Gillespie much anxiety, at least at this point. Any fears the the 2013 gubernatorial contender could spoil Gillespie’s chances are fears about something that simply isn’t likely to happen.

Two reasons: The race doesn’t look very close right now, and Sarvis wasn’t a spoiler in his last run.

For starters, look at how the governor’s race turned out.

While some Republicans groused that Sarvis’s presence on the ballot hurt Ken Cuccinelli II (R) in what ended up being a close race, the reality is it didn’t. Sarvis won 6.5 percent of the vote, which, yes, was more than now-Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s margin over Cuccinelli. But exit poll data show that without Sarvis in the picture, McAuliffe still would have won the race, by nearly the same margin. Most Sarvis voters would have stayed home if he was not on the ballot.

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~ The Washington Post

[virginiatowncrier]

Robert Sarvis, the 2013 Libertarian candidate for governor, said today that he wants to run for U.S. Senate, challenging Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va.

“I finally got the go-ahead from my wife and told the Libertarian Party folks that I am going to run,” Sarvis said in an interview.

Libertarians will nominate their candidate at a party convention in Richmond on Feb. 8. So far, Sarvis, a former software engineer, teacher, lawyer and new media entrepreneur from Northern Virginia, is the only Libertarian who has announced a Senate bid.

Sarvis said he will run on a similar platform as last year, including small government, a reduction of spending, legalization of marijuana and allowing same-sex couples to marry.

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~ Richmond Times-Dispatch

[esatch]

Robert C. Sarvis was the libertarian candidate in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial election. I managed to check in with Sarvis and interviewed him about some of his policies, plans and how his campaign had been going so far. Here's what he had to say.