The Libertarian in Virginia’s Race for Governor (USA Today)

An unknown this year is the impact of Libertarian Robert Sarvis, who has been in the high single digits in recent polling that also shows he is draining support from Cuccinelli. Sarvis left the Republican Party in 2011 after losing a state Senate race to Democrat Richard Saslaw, then the state Senate majority leader.

“Sarvis has been an effective ‘none of the above’ candidate,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg. “People might feel freer to vote for Sarvis.”