Jay Patrick Murray is an American political-military commentator and author who is a former Army officer and congressional candidate.

[5] Running as a Republican, Murray unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Democratic Representative Jim Moran in Virginia's 8th congressional district in both 2010 and 2012.

[6] Murray retired from the United States Army with the rank of colonel after 24 years of active duty.

[5] In May 2017, Murray was nominated by President Donald Trump to become the alternate representative for special political affairs to the United Nations.

[3] In December 2017, CNN drew attention to Murray's inflammatory posts on social media and his praise for alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos.