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Ann Marie Buerkle was born in Auburn, New York. She was a U.S. Representative, last serving in the New York's 25th congressional district, elected in 2010 in an upset of a Democratic incumbent. She is a member of the Republican Party. In a rematch of her 2010 contest, Buerkle was defeated by former Congressman Dan Maffei. Buerkle currently serves as a Commissioner with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.  After graduating as a registered nurse from St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Syracuse, New York, she worked at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and at St. Joseph's. She was a substitute school nurse for many years before obtaining her law degree from Syracuse University School of Law. She served as an Assistant New York State Attorney General from 1997 to 2009.