Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:34 PM ET
Republican · 3 November 2026

Kailee Buller

Kailee Buller, a Republican and former chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, challenges Democratic incumbent John Mannion for New York's 22nd congressional district in 2026.

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  1. Mannion still holds $1M advantage over Buller for Congress

    Kailee Buller is the Republican challenger in New York’s 22nd Congressional District race against incumbent Democrat John Mannion.

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2026 race

Kailee Buller, a former chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for New York's 22nd congressional district, which covers Syracuse, Utica, and surrounding parts of Central New York and the Mohawk Valley.

The seat is held by Democrat John Mannion, who flipped the district in 2024 with 54.6% of the vote. Several other Republican candidates withdrew from the race, including state assemblyman John Lemondes Jr. and former state assemblyman John Salka.

Buller also appears on the Conservative Party line and faces Mannion, who holds the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, on November 3, 2026.