Robert Sarvis
American politician (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Christopher Sarvis (born September 15, 1976) is an American attorney. While attending law school, he was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the NYU Journal of Law & Liberty; he also clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In addition, he has been a software developer, being named by Google as a Grand Prize Winner for their Android Development challenge.
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Born | Robert Christopher Sarvis (1976-09-15) September 15, 1976 (age 47) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
Political party | Libertarian |
Other political affiliations | Republican (2011) |
Spouse | Astrid Sarvis |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Annandale, Virginia |
Alma mater | Harvard University (BS) University of Cambridge (MA) George Mason University (MA) New York University (JD) University of California, Berkeley[1] |
Occupation | Attorney Businessmen Politician Software developer |
Website | Official website (Archived) |
In 2011, he ran for the Virginia Senate as a Republican, losing to Democrat Dick Saslaw; after the election, Sarvis switched to the Libertarian Party. He 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,[2] and he was the nominee for the U.S. Senate in the 2014 midterm election.