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Blay Tarnoff

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On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: U.S. House · New York's 4th Congressional District

Biography

Blay Tarnoff is the Libertarian Party nominee for NY-4 and chairs the Nassau County Libertarian Party. He has worked as a computer systems analyst and holds a law degree. In his Ballotpedia survey he describes himself as not a professional politician and says he opposes socialism.[1][2]

Tarnoff graduated from The American School of Paris, according to his Ballotpedia survey.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1980 (an A.B. in mathematics, per the Libertarian Party of New York) and a J.D. from Pace University School of Law in 1996.[1][2]

According to the Libertarian Party of New York, Tarnoff spent his career as a computer systems analyst, most recently providing technical support for quantitative financial analysts on Wall Street and developing neural network systems, and he presented at NVIDIA GPU Technology Conferences.[2] He has been a Libertarian activist and party representative since 1990, and he currently chairs the Nassau County Libertarian Party and the Libertarian National Judicial Committee.[2]

  1. 1.Blay Tarnoff · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  2. 2.Blay Tarnoff · Libertarian Party of New York Candidate's own words

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.

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