Mary E. Miller
Republican
· IL-15 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Biotechnology · Risk Management · and Credit · and Poultry · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Education and Workforce · House Committee on House Administration · Joint Committee on Printing
Influence Score
40.5
Least exposed
↓ -2.3
vs 118th (42.8)
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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
1.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,920,854
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$6,597,793
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $14.34M 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 — $29K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 30.6 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 42.8 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 40.5 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$2,646,610
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.
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
13.5%
Amount from this network
$69,490
Total from all networks
$516,156
Networks contributing
128
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Who funds Miller
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,120,394
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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
0.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
47.1%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.14%
Biggest clusters of timed money
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
$1K
NILES TOWNSHIP H S SCHOOL DISTRICT 21
$100
NILES TOWNSHIP H S SCHOOL DISTRICT 21
$50
NILES TOWNSHIP H S SCHOOL DISTRICT 21
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$52K
HOMEMAKER
$17K
INDECK ENERGY SERVICES
$16K
KASPAR LAW
$16K
THOMPSON THRIFT DEVELOPMENT
$15K
DRAKE HOMES
$14K
SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES
$13K
GABY
$12K
THOMPSON THRIFT
$12K
SOUTHWEST ENDODONTICS
$10K
SPACEX
$10K
ULINE
$10K
TRI COUNTY WELDING
$9K
ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL
$9K
COWLES PARKWAY FORD
$9K
DANIELS MANUFACTURING
$9K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$9K
NATHAN S JONAS AND
$9K
NOKOMIS CAPITAL
$9K
PROVERBS MEDIA
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mary E. Miller comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.98M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.85M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.14M
Share that is dark money
19.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$3.37M
ILLINOIS VALUES PAC
$3.06M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$1.47M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$1.23M
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$1.08M
RIGHT WOMEN PAC
$1.07M
THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND
$702K
UNITED ASSOCIATION OF J/M & APPR. OF PLBG & P/F INDUSTRY
$522K
ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FED) 'ACTIVATOR'/'ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ACTIVATOR'
$63K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$9K
MAHA PAC
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$615K
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
KENNETH C GRIFFIN
$8.80M
WALTER W BUCKLEY
$2.25M
PAUL SINGER
$1.50M
DANIEL S SUNDHEIM
$850K
CHARLES B JOHNSON
$606K
STEPHEN SCHWARZMAN
$600K
PAUL TUDOR JONES
$500K
RAI SERVICES
$250K
JOHN B HESS
$250K
ANTONIO J GRACIAS
$250K
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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.
19 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $29K to Mary E. Miller across 61 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$29K
Shared contributors
19
Contributions
61
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 17 | $10K |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | $5K |
| 2026 | 9 | 21 | $15K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Mary E. 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 |
| TIMOTHY BAKER | Rep. Max Burns - Chief of Staff (2001-2003); Rep. Tom Graves - Chief of Staff (2… | ERVIN GRAVES STRATEGY GROUP, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Mary E. Miller ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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