Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner is holding a commanding 12-point lead over Republican challenger Ed Gillespie less than a month before Election Day, according to a poll released Tuesday.

The poll, by the Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University, found Warner with a commanding 51 percent to 39 percent lead over Gillespie among likely voters. Three percent of respondents favored Libertarian candidate Robert Sarvis.