Representative John R. Kuhl, Jr.

A native of the 29th District, Randy Kuhl has lived in the area all of his life. The son of a doctor and a nurse/teacher, Randy knows the 29th District of New York well. Why? He grew up here: born in Bath, picked grapes and worked inside the wineries on the shores of Keuka Lake, attended school in Hammondsport, had summer jobs in construction and on several different farms during his college years, owned and operated a business in Bath, became Steuben County attorney, then successfully ran for the New York State Assembly in 1980, the New York State Senate in 1986, and the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 where he now serves and represents the people of the 29th District. This district includes parts of eight counties in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region, and the Southern suburbs of Rochester, New York.

Committed to the economic development of the 29th District, Randy chose to serve on the three House Committees with jurisdictions that cover the most critical elements of our economy upstate: the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he serves on the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee as well as the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment; the House Agriculture Committee where Randy serves on the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture; and the Committee on Education and Labor where he serves on the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness.

Because of his legislative experience, Randy was also chosen by the leadership to serve as Deputy Minority Whip in the 110th Congress. In the State Senate, Randy served as Assistant Majority Leader from 1995 to 2004. He also served as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Education Committee, and the Committee on Transportation.

Attentive to the issues that are critical to the economy upstate, Randy is a member of several Congressional Caucuses representing issues important to the region, and serves as Co-Chair of the Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus.

A graduate of Hammondsport Central School, Randy earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering fromUnion College (1966), and in 1969 received his Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. He is a communicant of St. James Episcopal Church and has been active in the Hammondsport Rotary Club and BPOE 1547 in Bath. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Five Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Branchport Rod and Gun Club, and the Executive Committee of the Steuben County Republican Committee. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Reginald Wood Scouting Memorial and an immediate past member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology.

Randy Kuhl currently lives in Hammondsport and is the father of three sons.