At a June 11, 2025 news conference at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., speaks in support of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to repeal regulations for power plants.
At a June 11, 2025 news conference at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S. Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., speaks in support of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to repeal regulations for power plants.
Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., has built a massive campaign fundraising advantage in her bid for a fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, driven by contributions from political action committees for health care and fossil fuel energy industry groups.
Miller’s campaign committee, Carol for Congress, reported securing more than $1.38 million in net contributions this cycle through March 31, ending last month with $729,957 in cash on hand as she vies to keep representing West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District.
The campaign owed Miller $411,900 for loans from the candidate incurred in 2018, the year Miller was first elected to the House, and to Arlington, Virginia-based Prime Media LLC, another $6,092, for media consulting and production.
Miller’s campaign drew support from political committees amounting to $977,388 through March 31, compared to $418,353 from individuals.
The campaign for Miller, a Huntington resident and vocal supporter of West Virginia’s resource extraction industries, drew support totaling:
$4,000 from San Diego-based employee PAC for gas and electric utility holding firm Sempra Energy
$2,500 from ConocoPhillips Spirit PAC, the Bartlesville, Oklahoma-based political action committee for oil and gas exploration and production company
$2,500 from US Energy PAC, the political action committee of the American Exploration & Production Council Inc., a trade group representing oil and gas exploration and production companies
$1,000 from Charlotte, N.C.-based employee PAC for gas and electric power holding company Duke Energy Corp.
$500 from West Virginians for Coal
$500 from Kyle Mork, ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä-based CEO of Greylock Energy, a gas production, drilling and delivery firm
$250 from Elkview-based West Virginia Coal Association President Chris Hamilton
The campaign also reported $4,800 in contributions from Mateo Jaramillo, Pittsburgh-based CEO of Form Energy, a state-supported energy storage company that operates a battery manufacturing plant in Weirton, outside the 1st Congressional District.
Health care industry political committee contributions supporting Miller’s campaign have included:
$3,500 from the Lawrenceville, N.J.-based PAC for global biopharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
$3,500 from the Foster City, California-based health care policy PAC for biopharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences Inc.
$2,500 from the St. Louis-based PAC for the American Association of Orthodontists
$1,000 from the Dublin, Ohio-based PAC for drug wholesaler Cardinal Health Inc., which, in 2017, agreed to pay $20 million to West Virginia to resolve a lawsuit filed by the state in 2012 contending it benefited from West Virginia’s prescription drug abuse crisis
Miller’s only challenger on the Republican ballot is heavy machinery business owner Larry Jackson of Hanover, Wyoming County. Jackson’s campaign committee, Larry Jackson for US Congress, reported collecting $8,109 in net contributions and cash on hand totaling $30,934 through March 31.
Jackson’s committee reported $100,000 in loans owed to Jackson.
Democratic candidates, and unchallenged Riley Moore
This is an undated contributed photo of Britta "Brit" Aguirre.
Vying for the Democratic Party's nod in the 1st Congressional District primary are entrepreneur and community organizer Britta “Brit†Aguirre of Logan and retired public policy analyst Vince George of South ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä.
Aguirre’s campaign committee reported netting $153,409 in contributions this cycle through March 31, with $6,241 in cash on hand.
Federal Election Commission records show no finance reports from George’s campaign committee. George did not respond to a request for comment for this report.
Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., of Harpers Ferry, faces no opposition on the Republican Party primary ballot as the former state treasurer seeks a second House term representing the 2nd Congressional District.
Facing off on the Democratic ballot are former civics engagement director Ace Parsi of Morgantown, middle school science teacher Stephanie Spears Tomana of Idamay, Marion County, and retired naval officer Steven Wendelin of Lost City, Hardy County.
Parsi’s campaign reported drawing $69,092 in net contributions this cycle and $47,583 in cash on hand, as of March 31. Parsi’s campaign contributors have included Robert Hull, a Morgantown-based director at public education advocacy nonprofit Education Alliance ($250) and Morgantown-based West Virginia Rivers Coalition Executive Director Jennie Smith ($250).
Wendelin’s campaign committee reported $13,965 in net contributions and $4,589 in cash on hand, as of March 31, reporting $4,044 in support from Wendelin and a $1,000 transfer on March 13 from the campaign committee for former Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott’s unsuccessful 2024 U.S. Senate bid. Elliott lost in the 2024 general election to then-Gov. Jim Justice after topping current Senate candidate Zach Shrewsbury and former coal magnate Don Blankenship in the Democratic primary.
Tomana’s campaign committee reported $7,621 in net contributions and $2,554 in cash on hand, as of March 31, with contributions totaling $4,683 from Tomana, including in-kind support covering travel expenses, campaign materials and website, email and other costs.
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