Blay Tarnoff
LIB
Blay Tarnoff is the Libertarian Party nominee for NY-4, a systems engineer and lawyer by background who completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey describing an anti-socialism, limited-government platform.[3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
In their words — priorities
- Says the central problem he would address in Congress is what he calls socialism, and that he would introduce legislation aimed at enforcing constitutional limits against it.[3]
- Says he would work to privatize or eliminate federal administrative agencies, which he views as unconstitutional and as producing waste, and would end inflation by pegging the dollar to gold or bitcoin.[3]
- Describes his core political philosophy as freedom from government interference in personal, economic, and self-defense decisions.[3]
Background
- Tarnoff earned a high school diploma from The American School of Paris, a bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1980, and a law degree from Pace University School of Law in 1996; his career includes work as a systems engineer.[3]
Campaign money
Raised $25K · spent $25K · $0 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗