Recently, the LNC Secretary Evan McMahon posted the final delegate numbers for all the states for the 2026 National Convention. The cut off was October 31, 2025. New York, as a result, has 33 delegates.
This is a decrease of 8 delegates from the 2024 convention, where there were 41 delegates. This is attributed to the drop in votes for the Libertarian Party Presidential cnadidate. In 2020, Jo Jorgensen had over 60,000 votes in New York, while on the ballot. In 2024, Chase Oliver, who was a write-in candidate, only garnered over 5,000 votes. The lack of votes for Oliver directly resulted in the decrease of New York’s delegation number.
Even though it was not enough, the Libertarian Party of New York is grateful for those who supported Chase Oliver as a write-in candidate, as voters for our candidate help our delegate count and are crucial for ballot access.
At the nominating convention of October 25, 2025, the number of delegates remained uncertain, and so only 30 were voted upon based on the rubric. An additional 3 delegates will be confirmed, along with the Alternates, in January 2026. Note than you can still reach out if you would like to be an Alternate Delegate. New York ended up with 15 Alternates in 2024, and the 15th Alternate ended up getting promoted to Delegate during the convention.
These are the names of those appointed as New York delegates to the 2026 Libertarian National Convention, so far:
1. Duane Whitmer
2. Andrew Kolstee
3. Chance Haywood
4. Mark Axinn
5. Justin Carman
6. Pietro Geraci
7. Paul Grindle
8. Christopher Skelly
9. Catrina Rocco
10. Rose Leatherman
11. Christian Padgett
12. Steven Becker
13. Blay Tarnoff
14. Jonathan Gunther
15. Charles Dorgan
16. Susan Overeem-Cummings
17. Mark Braiman
18. Vincent O’Neill
19. Juan Ayala
20. Mark Weinblatt
21. Justin Pelletier
22. Patrick Corrigan
23. Theresa Corrigan
24. Nicole Hewson
25. Jack Terran
26. Larry Sharpe
27. James Condon
28. Caryn Tarnoff
29. James Ostrowski
30. Randyn Tarnoff
All delegates have been informed to confirm that they will be going to Grand Rapids. If there are any changes to the composition of the delegation, they will be announced.