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Kailee Buller
DemocraticU.S. House · NY · District 22
U.S. House New York District 22
U.S. House · NY · District 22
State University of New York at Buffalo—Bachelor's degree
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Kailee Buller was born in Auburn, New York, and grew up in a blue-collar family before graduating from the University at Buffalo. Her career experience includes work as a food and agriculture executive, including president and CEO roles with the National Oilseed Processors Association and Edible Oil Producers Association, and service as a senior official with the United States Department of Agriculture, including chief of staff roles.
Committee Assignments: KAILEE FOR CONGRESS · KEEPING AMERICA INVESTING AND LEADING ECONOMIC EXPANSION-KAILEE PAC
Kailee Buller’s healthcare platform emphasizes affordability, access, and patient choice, including price transparency, lower prescription drug costs, protections for pre-existing conditions, rural/community healthcare access, expanded HSAs, and mental-health parity. She also highlights maternal and postpartum care, Medicare protections, veterans’ healthcare access, and nutrition-focused chronic disease prevention.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Buller supports requiring hospitals, insurers, and providers to publish clear upfront prices so patients can compare costs and increase competition.
SourceBuller supports reforms to increase competition among drug manufacturers, speed generic drug approvals, and crack down on pharmacy-benefit middlemen she says drive up pharmacy costs.
SourceBuller says coverage should not be denied or changed because someone got sick, supporting protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
SourceBuller supports incentives for doctors and healthcare workers to serve rural and underserved communities in NY-22 so residents do not have to travel long distances for basic care.
SourceBuller supports expanded maternal mental-health support, improved early detection of high-risk pregnancy warning signs, and strengthened postpartum care for mothers and babies.
SourceKailee Buller frames her Economy & Jobs agenda around affordability, lower taxes and utility costs, job growth, workforce training, and budget restraint. She argues Central New York families are being squeezed by high living costs and says she would pursue good-paying jobs, lower everyday expenses, no federal tax increases, and more transparent government spending.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Buller says she is running to restore affordability and opportunity by growing good-paying jobs, lowering everyday costs, and helping families achieve the American Dream without leaving New York.
SourceBuller said she signed a pledge never to vote for a tax increase and argues New Yorkers already face too many taxes.
SourceBuller supports reducing the deficit, balancing federal and state budgets, and requiring transparency in government spending so taxpayers can see how their money is used.
SourceBuller supports an all-of-the-above energy approach, including nuclear, wind, and solar, and argues lower energy costs are central to easing household expenses.
SourceBuller supports expanding vocational training, apprenticeships, career training, and Pell Grants for workforce programs so students can access good-paying jobs in Central New York.
SourceKailee Buller supports a tougher border-security and enforcement posture, while also calling for comprehensive immigration reform that improves legal farm-labor pathways and offers a path to legal status or citizenship for long-settled immigrants who have contributed to the country. She backs keeping ICE but has said reforms could eventually reduce ICE funding if the border is permanently secured and immigration channels are legalized.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Buller said the United States needs a comprehensive immigration reform package that addresses labor needs, criminal removals, border security, and legalization questions.
SourceBuller said she has worked on H-2A farm labor issues for more than a decade and supports making the program better so farms can access legitimate non-American labor.
SourceBuller said the border should be "shut and locked" and that Congress should codify border-security changes so a future president cannot reopen the border.
SourceBuller does not support abolishing ICE, though she has argued a comprehensive immigration package could reduce ICE funding after the border is sealed and legal pathways are fixed.
SourceKailee Buller frames climate and energy policy primarily around affordability, reliability, consumer choice, and opposition to New York climate mandates. She supports an all-of-the-above energy approach that includes American-produced energy, natural gas access, nuclear expansion, permitting reform, and non-mandatory renewables.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Buller says she supports repealing costly climate mandates and advancing an all-of-the-above energy policy to lower prices, strengthen reliability, and put consumers first.
SourceBuller said that if elected she would cosponsor the bipartisan Energy Choice Act to protect access to energy options such as natural gas and lower costs.
SourceBuller called for repealing New York’s climate law, revisiting fracking and natural-gas bans, fast-tracking nuclear expansion, reforming permitting, and restricting foreign ownership of utility companies.
SourceIn a WRVO interview, Buller said she would use a federal role to override New York policies that restrict access to natural gas and would be a lead cosponsor of federal energy-choice legislation.
SourceBuller said she is not opposed to renewable energy and has worked on renewable-energy issues, but opposes mandating wind and solar in ways she says raise energy bills.
SourceKailee Buller’s education platform emphasizes workforce-aligned education, skilled trades, apprenticeships, parental curriculum transparency, teacher resources, and accountability for school and college outcomes. She supports making college more affordable through cost transparency and repayment options, but opposes shifting student-loan costs broadly onto taxpayers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Buller supports giving students multiple paths after high school, including college, trade school, or direct entry into the workforce, with schools and training aligned to Central New York employers such as Micron and Chobani.
SourceBuller supports expanding vocational training, trade schools, apprenticeships, and career training that connect students directly to good-paying local jobs.
SourceBuller supports expanding Pell Grant eligibility beyond four-year degrees to vocational and workforce programs.
SourceBuller supports making college more affordable through greater transparency on college costs, accountability for outcomes, and realistic repayment options, while opposing approaches that stick taxpayers with the bill.
SourceBuller supports curriculum transparency for parents, resources for teachers, and investing in school outcomes rather than rewarding spending alone.
SourceKailee Buller frames her public-safety platform around "back the blue" law-and-order policies, including more funding, training, and tools for law enforcement. She opposes cashless bail and defunding police, and has also aligned herself with tougher criminal penalties and repeal of the HALT Act.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Buller says she will fight to provide law enforcement with the funding, training, and tools needed to do their jobs effectively and keep communities safe.
SourceBuller states that she strongly opposes cashless bail policies and any effort to defund the police.
SourceBuller has taken a tougher-sentencing position, including support for life sentences with no release and reconsideration of the death penalty in the cases she addresses.
SourceBuller has stated support for repealing the HALT Act and ending what she characterizes as catch-and-release policies.
SourceBuller says comprehensive background checks and minimum standards of care are essential for childcare safety.
SourceBallotpedia
https://ballotpedia.org/Kailee_BullerFetched: biography, education, hometown, professional background
WRVO Public Media
https://www.wrvo.org/2026-10-27/buller-hopes-to-put-cnys-22nd-congressional-district-seat-back-in-republican-handsFetched: age, biography
FEC API
https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/H6NY22213/totals/Fetched: totalRaised, totalSpent, cashOnHand
Conservative Party of New York State
https://www.cpnys.org/2026/04/11/weekly-wrap-up-4-10-26/Fetched: endorsements
Kailee Buller for Congress
https://kaileebuller.com/auburn-native-kailee-buller-launches-bid-for-congress/Fetched: endorsements
iVoterGuide
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/92548/race/33830/election/1487Fetched: endorsements, ratings
WAER
https://www.waer.org/news/2026-09-11/affordability-pres-trump-link-key-issues-in-ny-22nd-dist-congressional-race?_amp=trueFetched: issuePositions
OpenCampaign
https://www.opencampaign.com/politicians-in-united-states/203403/kailee-buller/issue-positionsFetched: issuePositions
WRVO Public Media
https://www.wrvo.org/campbell-conversations/2026-10-03/kailee-buller-on-the-campbell-conversationsFetched: issuePositions
Kailee Buller for Congress
https://kaileebuller.com/meet-republican-candidate-for-ny-22-congressional-district-kailee-buller/Fetched: issuePositions
WRVO Public Media
https://www.wrvo.org/2026-10-23/mannion-and-buller-face-off-in-22nd-congressional-district-debateFetched: issuePositions
ChamberLight
https://chamberlight.com/articles/wrvo-public-media-kailee-buller-on-the-campbell-conversations-4cig/kailee-buller-ny-house-22213Fetched: issuePositions
Kailee Buller for Congress
https://kaileebuller.com/new-congressional-testimony-mannion-policy-makes-housing-crisis-worse/Fetched: issuePositions
Kailee Buller for Congress
https://kaileebuller.com/standing-at-ny-22-wind-farm-kailee-buller-calls-for-repeal-of-the-new-york-climate-law-which-has-sent-cny-energy-costs-soaring/Fetched: issuePositions
WRVO Public Media
https://www.wrvo.org/show/campbell-conversations-0/2026-06-27/kailee-buller-on-the-campbell-conversationsFetched: issuePositions
Spectrum News 1
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2026/10/21/ny22-meet-the-candidatesFetched: issuePositions
Kailee Buller for Congress X
https://x.com/BullerforNY/status/2074480136192143571Fetched: issuePositions