WASHINGTON — Miller Strategies, the lobbying firm founded by Republican fundraiser Jeff Miller, reported $51.27 million in federal lobbying revenue in the first nine months of 2026, already more than the $51.11 million it reported for all of 2025, according to its Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
The firm reported $18.87 million for the third quarter alone, up from $14.16 million in the same quarter a year earlier. Through September, its revenue was up about 43% from the $35.79 million it reported for the first three quarters of 2025. POLITICO Influence ranked the firm fourth among lobbying firms by third-quarter revenue, behind Ballard Partners, BGR Group and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
The figures are firm revenue, the fees clients reported paying Miller Strategies for lobbying. They do not show what Miller or anyone else at the firm earns.
Miller has spent more than 30 years in Republican politics, according to his firm biography. He was finance chair of the 60th Presidential Inaugural Committee for President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, finance chair of the 2020 Republican National Convention and a political adviser to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He ran Rick Perry’s political operation for four years, including his presidential campaign, before Perry became energy secretary, and in March 2026 Trump appointed him chair of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. The firm’s website quotes clients describing Miller and his team as hard-working and results-oriented.
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| First quarter | $8.74M | $15.26M |
| Second quarter | $12.89M | $17.14M |
| Third quarter | $14.16M | $18.87M |
| Fourth quarter | $15.32M | — |
| Total | $51.11M | $51.27M (through Q3) |
198 clients
The firm has reported lobbying for 198 clients so far in 2026, up from 171 in all of 2025. Forty-eight of this year’s clients did not appear in its 2025 reports, and together they accounted for about $10.6 million of 2026 revenue.
Its largest clients by 2026 fees were Coupang, the South Korean e-commerce company, and Fair Isaac Corp., the maker of FICO credit scores, each at $900,000. Coupang’s reports list export promotion and economic development issues and contacts with the Federal Trade Commission. Fair Isaac’s list general issues related to credit scores, with contacts at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Senate.
Apple paid $770,000 on issues including the Open App Markets Act and the App Store Accountability Act. Waste Connections, whose fees rose to $690,000 from $130,000 in 2025, lobbied on federal environmental issues related to Chiquita Canyon Landfill in California. Palantir Technologies paid $610,000 on defense policy and appropriations.
Among the new clients, Cintas, the uniform and facility services company, paid $550,000 since the second quarter for “advice and advocacy related to proposed acquisitions within the uniform facility services industry,” with the FTC listed as the agency contacted. TransDigm Group, the aerospace parts maker, paid $470,000 to educate officials about the company, with contacts at the Defense and Justice departments. Alex von Furstenberg, the investor, is listed as an individual client, paying $600,000 on “general issues related to retirement.”
| Client | 2026 fees through Q3 | 2025 fees | Issue listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coupang | $900,000 | $360,000 | Export promotion, economic development |
| Fair Isaac Corp. | $900,000 | $490,000 | Credit scores |
| Apple | $770,000 | $720,000 | App store and competition bills |
| HCBS Advocacy | $750,000 | $1,200,000 | Opportunity zones, housing |
| AM General | $690,000 | $660,000 | Defense equipment contracting |
| Blackstone | $690,000 | $800,000 | Trade, housing, energy, health and finance |
| Waste Connections | $690,000 | $130,000 | Chiquita Canyon Landfill |
| Palantir Technologies | $610,000 | $690,000 | Defense policy and appropriations |
| Alex von Furstenberg | $600,000 | — | Retirement |
| Morgan Stanley | $600,000 | $300,000 | Financial regulation, outbound investment |
The team
Miller is listed as a lobbyist on 197 of the firm’s 198 clients this year. The reports also list Jessica Mandel on 57; James Grimm, a former chief counsel to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on 55; Ashley Gunn, a former special assistant to the president and senior director in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs, on 50; and Jonathan Hiler, a former director of legislative affairs for Vice President Mike Pence and legislative director for Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on 43, according to the covered positions disclosed in the filings.
Natalie McIntyre, a former special assistant to the president in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs and legislative director for Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., appears on 31 clients, and James Min, a former chief of staff to McCarthy, on 19. Stefan Passantino, a deputy White House counsel in Trump’s first term, is listed on 17.
Miller is also a major political donor. His mid-year 2026 contribution report, filed under the lobbying law, lists $441,800 in contributions from January through June, including $100,000 to the Republican National Committee and four $25,000 contributions each to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and to Grow the Majority, a Republican fundraising committee. He is not the former Florida congressman of the same name, who lobbies at Ballard Partners.
The Inquisitor has reported on Ballard Partners’ third-quarter results, on its largest retainers and on Continental Strategy, another firm whose 2026 revenue has passed its 2025 total. The filings show what clients paid and the issues listed; they do not show what results any client obtained.
Request for comment
The Washington Inquisitor asked Miller Strategies about its growth, and asked Coupang, Fair Isaac and Cintas about their engagements with the firm. It also asked the Brennan Center for Justice, which studies money in politics, for comment. This story will be updated with any responses.
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