Carey, Mike
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Michael Todd Whitaker Carey is an American politician and former coal lobbyist serving as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 15th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Carey was first elected in a 2021 special election.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Carey, Mike
- First name
- Mike
- Last name
- Carey
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Ohio 15th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Ohio 15th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Ohio 15th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,699,201.24
- Total disbursements
- $2,616,523.08
- Cash on hand
- $161,294.31
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $2,699,201.24 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $918,127.39;Share: 34%;Denominator: $2,699,201.24 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,563,750.00;Share: 57.9%;Denominator: $2,699,201.24 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,699,201.24 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,699,201.24 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $198,573.32;Share: 7.4%;Denominator: $2,699,201.24 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $18,750.53;Share: 0.7%;Denominator: $2,699,201.24 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $782,254.00
- Itemized
- $782,254.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 1106 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $782,254.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $7,425.00;Transactions: 11;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $39,350.00;Transactions: 41;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $18,375.00;Transactions: 27;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $20,350.00;Transactions: 24;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $30,335.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $39,700.00;Transactions: 37;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $16,960.00;Transactions: 18;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $18,895.00;Transactions: 23;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $42,732.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $51,955.00;Transactions: 61;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $11,440.00;Transactions: 24;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $26,182.00;Transactions: 50;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $15,100.00;Transactions: 29;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $60,510.00;Transactions: 65;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $47,971.00;Transactions: 78;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $30,325.00;Transactions: 62;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $36,963.00;Transactions: 67;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $50,224.00;Transactions: 56;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $14,904.00;Transactions: 41;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $26,170.00;Transactions: 62;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $83,522.00;Transactions: 95;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $68,344.00;Transactions: 123;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $18,052.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $6,470.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $782,254.00 across 1,106 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $26,571.00;Transactions: 362 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $35,182.00;Transactions: 128 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $142,343.00;Transactions: 279 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $231,391.00;Transactions: 217 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $346,767.00;Transactions: 120 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 15% in district
- District share basis
- $116,985.00 in district and $663,269.00 out of district; $2,000.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $2,000.00 with 2 reported transactions; visible denominator is $782,254.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $116,985.00;Transactions: 125;Denominator: $782,254.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $342,036.00;Transactions: 387;Denominator: $782,254.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $321,233.00;Transactions: 592;Denominator: $782,254.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $2,000.00;Transactions: 2;Denominator: $782,254.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| FISCHER, ALEX | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| BAGAN, JOSEPH W. | $9,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| OETERS, DONALD A. | $8,400.00 | 3 transactions |
| EDWARDS, PETER | $8,300.00 | 3 transactions |
| HALLAWAY, RASHID | $7,500.00 | 18 transactions |
| LAIRD, JAMES F. | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| OETERS, GAYLE | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| AUSTIN, WILLIAM F. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| GRIFFIN, KENNETH | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| KVAMME, MARK | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $177,785.00 | 488 transactions |
| KIMBALL MIDWEST | $10,900.00 | 5 transactions |
| NATIONWIDE | $10,900.00 | 5 transactions |
| KENMORE CONSTRUCTION | $9,300.00 | 4 transactions |
| DCI GROUP | $9,000.00 | 10 transactions |
| STAQ PHARMA | $9,000.00 | 5 transactions |
| ORTHOPEDIC ONE | $8,300.00 | 3 transactions |
| LAGOS & LAGOS | $7,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| WODA COOPER COMPANIES | $7,300.00 | 4 transactions |
| DIAMOND HILL | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $78,900.00 | 42 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $78,900.00 and 42 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H2OH15228
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H2OH15228
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H2OH15228
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:C001126
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2OH15228:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2OH15228:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H2OH15228:2022
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001126
- fec_candidate_id
- H2OH15228
- fec_candidate_ids
- H2OH15228
- govtrack_id
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- wikidata_id
- Q108010312