Miller-Meeks campaign says payment was 'mistakenly' made to son

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https://iowastartingline.com/2025/10/17/miller-meeks-payment-son-family-campaign-bohannan/

A $3,500 payment from US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ campaign to her son was a mistake, her campaign says—money that should have come from her personal account, not from campaign donors.

US Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks paid her son $3,500 from her campaign account for “consulting,” according to the most recent quarter’s campaign finance report. Twenty-two days later, her son, Jonathon Miller-Meeks, made a campaign contribution of the same amount to Miller-Meeks’ campaign.

A spokesman for the campaign called the transfer a mistake. Her son was supposed to receive the payment from Miller-Meeks’ personal account, he said. But she transferred it from the campaign’s account by accident.

“Once identified, the funds were returned to the campaign. We filed a standard amendment to clarify that he has not been paid by the campaign,” the campaign wrote in a statement to Iowa Starting Line.

The campaign files an amended report to address the issue, but problems remain. The amendment process is standard procedure. But the amended report as of Friday evening erased the record of both the payment to and the contribution from Jonathon Miller-Meeks. The report can be amended again.

And no one can ask her about it because she will not have a town hall!