Carol Miller
Republican
· WV-1 · 116th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
66.8
Moderately exposed
↑ +5.8
vs 118th (65.5)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$126,486
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,368,539
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.1
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $92K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 66.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 53.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 71.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$100,500
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$67,000
Total from all networks
$2,690,592
Networks contributing
471
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Who funds Miller
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,188,763
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
98.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
94.4%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
6
Money that arrived near votes
$12K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
1.24%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ROUTE ONE INVESTMENT
$5K
MOSES AUTO MALL - HUNTINGTON
$3K
CITY NATIONAL BANK
$1K
HUNTINGTON STEEL
$1K
ST MARY S MEDICAL CENTER
$1K
SUMMIT COMMUNITY BANK
$1K
HUNTINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
$500
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
$500
KSKB HEALTH CARE CONSULTING
$500
UNITED BANK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.13M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.16M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.04M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.00M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.86M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
ELI LILLY AND
$1.80M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Carol Miller comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
VOTEVETS
$997K
DCCC
$678K
EMPLOYEES OF PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. PAC
$48K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$26K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$8K
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC
$4K
WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$3K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$3K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
$534
TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CITIZENS FUND
$212
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
130 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.10M to Carol Miller across 265 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.10M
Shared contributors
130
Contributions
265
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 52 | 81 | $356K |
| 2024 | 78 | 149 | $331K |
| 2026 | 30 | 35 | $417K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Carol Miller or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELEN TOLAR | CoS (Senator Boozman); Staff Dir/Chief Csl - House VA C (Rep. Miller); Prof Staf… | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | 56 | 60 | 2023–2025 |
| JAMES PEDROTTI | Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, … | THE WASHINGTON TAX & PUBLIC POLICY GROUP | 23 | 102 | 2024–2025 |
| GRACE SUCHANYC | Intern, House Ways and Means Committee (2025); Intern, Rep. Carol Miller (2023) | ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP | 7 | 7 | 2025–2025 |
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Carol Miller sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required