Carol Devine Miller (born November 4, 1950) is an American farmer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for

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since 2019. She represented the 15th district in the

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from 2007 to 2013, and the 16th district from 2013 to 2019. She is a member of the Republican Party.

Education

Miller earned a bachelor's degree in

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and

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from Columbia College.

West Virginia House of Delegates

Challenging District 15 Democratic representatives

Margarette Leach Margarette Faye Riggins Leach (December 4, 1926 – December 23, 2007) was a United States Democratic politician from West Virginia, best known for being a faithless elector during the 1988 United States presidential election. She pledged to vo ...

Kevin Craig Kevin Joseph Craig (born July 28, 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 13 since January 12, 2013. Craig served consecutively from Janua ...

, and Jim Morgan, Miller placed in the four-way three-selectee 2004 Republican primary, but lost the six-way three-position general election. (All the incumbents were reelected.) Challenging the incumbents again, Miller placed in the six-way three-selectee 2006 Republican primary and was elected in the six-way three-position general election, unseating Leach. Craig and Morgan were reelected. Miller placed first in the three-way Republican primary on May 13, 2008, with 2,116 votes (43.8%). She then placed third in the six-way three-position general election, with 8,163 votes (18.2%), behind Craig and Morgan and ahead of non-selectee candidates Democrat Carl Eastham, and Republicans James Carden and Paula Stewart. Miller placed first in the three-way Republican primary on May 11, 2010, with 1,505 votes (44.4%). She then placed second in the six-way three-position general election, with 6,601 votes (19.7%), behind Craig and ahead of Morgan and non-selectee candidates Democrat Matthew Woelfel, and Republicans Patrick Lucas and Douglas Franklin. With all three incumbent District 15 representatives redistricted to District 16, Miller placed first in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012, with 1,745 votes (19.6%). She then placed second in the five-way three-position general election, with 8,415 votes (21.8%), behind Craig and ahead of Morgan and non-selectee candidates Democrat Sean Hornbuckle and Republican Mike Davis.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

On May 8, 2017, incumbent U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins announced his intention to run against incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator

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. In August 2017, Miller announced her intention to run to fill Jenkins's seat. On May 8, 2018, Miller defeated State Delegate Rupie Phillips and State Delegate

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. She received 23.8% of the vote, and won three of the 18 counties in the district. Miller went on to face State Senator

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. Many polling outlets considered this race Lean Republican or a tossup. On November 6, Miller defeated Ojeda with 56.4% of the vote, winning all but two counties in the district. Upon election, she became the first woman to represent

and the only Republican woman to be elected to an open seat in 2018.

2020

Miller was reelected, defeating Russell Siegel in the Republican primary and Hilary Turner in the general election with 71.3% of the vote.

2022

As a result of

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after the

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, Miller's 3rd district was redistricted into the new 1st district. This new 1st district contains all the counties she represented in the old 3rd, along with ten counties from the old 2nd and one county from the old 1st. She announced on the day the map was finalized that she would run for reelection in the new 1st district. On May 10, 2022, she easily won the Republican Primary with 66% of the primary vote. She will face

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Lacy Watson in the general election.

Tenure

In December 2020, Miller was one of 126 Republican members of the

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to sign an

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in support of '' Texas v. Pennsylvania'', a lawsuit filed at the

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contesting the results of the

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, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent

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. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked

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under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state. During the

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, auto dealerships owned by Miller's husband received loans of over $3 million as part of the

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(PPP); the loans were later forgiven. Miller voted against the TRUTH Act (H.R. 6782), a bill that would have required public disclosure of companies that received funds through the bailout program.

Committee assignments

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** Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy *

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** Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation **

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** Subcommittee on Highways and Transit *

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** Subcommittee on trade ** Subcommittee on worker and family support

Caucus memberships

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* U.S.-Japan Caucus

Electoral history

References

External links

Congresswoman Carol Miller
official U.S. House website
Campaign website
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