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Who funds Carol Devine Miller?

West Virginia U.S. House District 1RepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H8WV03097
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Carol D. Miller

In the U.S. House (WV-1) since 2019 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 23 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 1 committee: Ways and Means · 2 subcommittees
  • 399 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 3 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H8WV03097) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Carol Devine MillerFEC filing: Carol Devine Miller · H8WV03097 ↗
Raised
$2.0M
Spent
$1.8M
Cash on hand
$505K
Debts
$418K
  • Individuals 27% $548K
  • PACs & other committees 72% $1.5M
  • Other receipts 1% $22K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $12K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $26K supporting · $1,076 opposing ($26K of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC.Super PACSpent mainly in primaries $26K
  2. WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC $98

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. TURN LEFT PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $1,076

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $10K
  2. AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC)Trade association PAC · American Bankers Association (aba) $10K
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMTrade association PAC · National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors $10K
  4. SEMPRA ENERGY EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE- FEDERALCorporate PAC $10K
  5. AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC)Membership group PAC · American Physical Therapy Association $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $548K from individuals

0.6% in small-dollar gifts

$3,266 of $548K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

35% from West Virginia · 65% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

52% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. West Virginia $173K
  2. Virginia $74K
  3. District of Columbia $38K
  4. Florida $34K
  5. Pennsylvania $28K
  6. California $22K
  7. Maryland $17K
  8. New York $16K

Top employers named by donors

  1. FORM ENERGY $11K
  2. KEYROCK ENERGY $8,000
  3. CROSSROADS STRATEGIES $5,500
  4. AKIN GUMP $3,750
  5. MONUMENT ADVOCACY $3,500
  6. AKIN $3,000
  7. CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS $2,500
  8. BGR GROUP $2,462
  9. TDY $2,000
  10. VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEMS $1,750

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $121K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $325K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 15, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (392 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $26K for / $1,076 against · $0 in the final two weeks

Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • Mail, print & signs 97% $26K
  • Other or unclassified 3% $750

Largest late spenders for

  1. CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC. $26K

Largest late spenders against

  1. TURN LEFT PAC $750

Latest dissemination on these reports: July 27, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (3 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $567K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $567K of the $1.8M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 3% $18K
  • Consultants & strategy 11% $64K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 44% $247K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $27K
  • Travel, meals & events 33% $185K
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.7% $3,781
  • Legal & compliance 4% $20K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.6% $3,500

Largest payees

  1. GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING LLC $180K
  2. 1892, LLC $27K
  3. CHIKO $24K
  4. CAPITOL HILL CLUB $23K
  5. THE GREENBRIER $15K

Paid to individuals: $133K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (291 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.