Aruna Miller

Miller was born on November 6, 1964, in Hyderabad, India, into a Telugu Hindu family.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/aruna-wins-maryland-post-but-keeps-faith-in-her-telugu-roots/articleshow/95439181.cms | title=Aruna Miller wins Maryland post but keeps faith in her Telugu roots | newspaper=The Times of India | date=November 11, 2022 }}{{Cite web |title=Darnestown Resident Katragadda Aruna Miller Becomes Newest State Delegate |url=https://kammasworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/darnestown-resident-katragadda-aruna.html |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=kammasworld.blogspot.com |language=en}} Her family came to the United States when she was seven years old. Along with her two siblings and parents, she lived in Poughkeepsie, New York,{{cite news |last1=Portnoy |first1=Jenna |title=Candidates for Md. lieutenant governor emphasize their immigrant pasts |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/27/maryland-election-miller-schifanelli-lieutenant-governor/ |access-date=October 27, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 27, 2022}} where IBM employed her father, Rao Katragadda,{{cite news |last1=Basara |first1=Mindy |title=Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller gets personal, shares family experience with mental health disorder |url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/mental-health-priority-maryland-lt-gov-aruna-miller/43976449 |access-date=June 8, 2023 |work=WBAL-TV |date=May 23, 2023}} as a mechanical engineer. She attended public schools in Upstate New York and Ballwin, Missouri. Miller earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2018 |title=Aruna Miller |url=https://indianewengland.com/aruna-miller/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=INDIA New England News |language=en}}

Miller worked as a transportation engineer for local governments in California, Virginia, and Hawaii. She moved to Maryland in 1990, where she worked for the Montgomery County Department of Transportation.{{cite news |last1=Robey Wood |first1=Marie |title=For the Record, Female Candidates – Numbering 190 – Will Be on State's Tuesday Primary Ballots |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2018/06/26/for-the-record-female-candidates-numbering-190-will-be-on-state-s-tuesday-primary-ballots/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=June 26, 2018}} She has overseen programs that advanced access to schools, employment centers, and community facilities that are safe for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and people with differing abilities. In 2015, she retired from Montgomery County to devote her full attention to her service in the Maryland legislature.{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Indian American Aruna Miller raises $230,000 for another potential congressional run |url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2021/04/16/indian-american-aruna-miller-raises-230000-444949/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=The American Bazaar |language=en-US}}

Miller became a citizen of the United States in 2000 and voted in the 2000 United States presidential election for Vice President of the United States Al Gore. She became frustrated with the Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore, and subsequently became involved with politics by volunteering to help other candidates get elected.{{cite news |last1=Fuchs |first1=Chris |title=For Congressional candidate Aruna Miller, politics is about 'helping the public' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/congressional-candidate-aruna-miller-politics-about-helping-public-n861471 |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=NBC News |date=May 16, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Poonam |title=Aruna Miller: We're talking about work, wages, and wealth and leaving no one behind |url=https://www.indiaamericatoday.com/aruna-miller-were-talking-about-work-wages-and-wealth-and-leaving-no-one-behind/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |work=India America Today |date=October 16, 2022}} During the 2004 United States presidential election, she worked as a precinct-level volunteer for the Democratic Party and presidential nominee John Kerry.{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Pamela |title=An 'accidental politician,' Aruna Miller prepares to become Maryland's next lieutenant governor |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/aruna-miller-lieutenant-governor-maryland-NLHCAYK2ONFCXOSJ3GFWCJT2LQ/ |work=Baltimore Banner |access-date=December 14, 2022 |date=December 14, 2022}} In 2006, Miller was appointed to serve as an at-large member of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee and served in that position until 2010.

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After state delegate Craig L. Rice announced that he would run for the Montgomery County Council in 2010, activists in the Montgomery County Democratic Party called Miller to ask her to run. She initially declined to run, but changed her mind after talking with her husband. Miller won the election to represent District 15 in the Maryland House of Delegates, but assumed office a month early due to Rice's resignation to take office on the Montgomery County Council. Miller received support from fellow members of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, who voted to recommend that Governor Martin O'Malley appoint her to finish the last month of Rice's term.{{Cite web |title=The Iron Law of Oligarchy |url=https://montgomeryperspective.com/2022/12/15/the-iron-law-of-oligarchy/ |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=MontgomeryPerspective.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=General Assembly Session of 2010 |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/genassem/html/2010reg_session.html |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=Archives of Maryland Historical List |language=en}} Miller was the first Indian American woman to be elected to the Maryland Legislature.{{cite news |last1=Richman |first1=Talia |title=Montgomery County's Indian immigrants feel the pull of politics |url=https://cnsmaryland.org/2017/09/15/montgomery-countys-indian-immigrants-feel-the-pull-of-politics/ |access-date=October 16, 2022 |work=Capital News Service |date=September 15, 2017}}

In 2012, Miller served as an at-large delegate to the Democratic National Convention, pledged to President Barack Obama.{{cite web|title=Maryland Delegation 2012 Convention |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/40party/html/demc.html#2012|accessdate=April 3, 2012}}

In her first term (2010–2015), Miller served on the Ways and Means Committee and its Revenue, Transportation, and Education Subcommittees. In her second term (2015–2019), Miller served on the Appropriations Committee, where served as chair of the Oversight of Personnel Subcommittee, vice chair of the Transportation and Environment Subcommittee, and vice chair of the Capital Budget Subcommittee.{{Cite web |title=Aruna Miller |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Aruna_Miller |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

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• President, Women Legislators of Maryland, Maryland General Assembly, 2016–2017
• Chair, House Appropriations Oversight of Personnel Subcommittee, 2015–2019
• Vice-chair, House Appropriations Transportation and Environment Subcommittee, 2015–2019
• Vice-chair, House Appropriations Capital Budget Subcommittee, 2016–2019
• Member, Maryland Advisory Council for Virtual Learning, 2012–2015
• Commissioner, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 2013–2019
• Member, Business Climate Work Group, Maryland General Assembly, 2013–2014
• Member, Joint Committee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Biotechnology, 2015–2019
• Member, Joint Committee on Fair Practices and State Personnel Oversight, 2015–2019
• Founding Member, Maryland Legislative Asian-American, and Pacific-Islander Caucus 2015–2019
• Member, Maryland Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Policy and Funding Committee, 2017–2019
• Commissioner, 21st Century School Facilities Commission, 2016–2017
• Member, Maryland State Ethics Commission, 2019–2020

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In May 2017, Miller told The Baltimore Sun that she would run for Congress in Maryland's 6th congressional district if John Delaney decided to pursue a campaign for governor.{{cite news |last1=Fritze |first1=John |title=Maryland Democrats begin to line up for competitive congressional district — just in case |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sixth-district-midterm-20170428-story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 8, 2017}} On July 28, 2017, Miller announced her candidacy in the United States House of Representatives election to replace Delaney, who said he would not run for re-election to instead run for president in 2020.{{cite news |title=It's official: Aruna Miller is running for Congress from Maryland's 6th district |url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2017/07/28/aruna-miller-running-for-congress-427565/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The American Bazaar |date=July 28, 2017}} In April 2018, Miller won a straw poll of Democratic activists in Western Maryland.{{cite news |date=April 22, 2018 |title=Baker, Miller win straw polls of Democratic activists in Western Maryland |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/baker-miller-win-straw-polls-among-democratic-activists-in-western-maryland/2018/04/22/b1817984-45db-11e8-bba2-0976a82b05a2_story.html}} During the election, she was endorsed by the National Education Association,{{cite web |date=April 19, 2018 |title=Aruna Miller Receives National Teachers Union Endorsement |url=http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/Aruna-Miller-Receives-National-Teachers-Union-Endorsement/ |website=Bethesda Magazine}} the Sierra Club,{{cite web |date=April 17, 2018 |title=Sierra Club endorses Delegate Aruna Miller for MD 6th Congressional District |url=https://www.sierraclub.org/maryland/blog/2018/04/aruna-miller-endorsement |website=The Sierra Club}} EMILY's List,{{cite web |date=August 31, 2017 |title=Emily's List Endorses Aruna Miller for Congress in Maryland's 6th District |url=https://www.emilyslist.org/news/entry/emilys-list-endorses-aruna-miller-for-congress-in-marylands-6th-district |website=Emily's List}} 314 Action,{{cite web |date=November 20, 2017 |title=Scientists group backs Aruna Miller in 6th District |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bs-md-miller-314-action-20171120-story.html |website=The Baltimore Sun}} and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand,{{cite news |date=March 8, 2018 |title=N.Y. senator endorses state delegate in race to succeed Delaney in Maryland |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/ny-senator-endorses-state-delegate-in-race-to-succeed-delaney-in-maryland/2018/03/28/72b8438e-3291-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html}} Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and then County Executive Ike Leggett,{{cite web |date=February 19, 2018 |title=Leggett Endorses Miller in 6th District Congressional Race |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/politics/leggett-endorses-miller-in-6th-district-congressional-race/ |website=Bethesda Magazine}} among others.{{cite web |date=June 26, 2018 |title=Aruna Miller Endorsements for Congress |url=https://www.arunamillerforcongress.com/endorsements |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625162942/https://www.arunamillerforcongress.com/endorsements |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |website=Aruna Miller for Congress 2018}}

Despite having received the most individual donations out of her Democratic opponents,{{cite news |last1=Zimmermann |first1=Joe |title=State's Largest Teachers Union Endorses Jealous for Governor; Maryland Considers Phasing Out Cash Tolls; Trone Donates $3 Million More to His Congressional Campaign |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2018/04/17/states-largest-teachers-union-endorses-jealous-for-governor-maryland-considers-phasing-out-cash-tolls/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Bethesda Magazine |date=April 17, 2018}} Miller was outspent in the primary 13:1{{cite news |date=June 21, 2018 |title=Can Aruna Miller win despite being outspent 13:1 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/in-the-year-of-the-woman-can-marylands-aruna-miller-win-a-congressional-primary-despite-being-outspent-11-1/2018/06/21/a2ff4794-733d-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html}} by David Trone, the largest self-funding congressional candidate in U.S. history,{{cite news |date=June 26, 2018 |title=Largest Self-Funder in House History, Wins Democratic Nod in Maryland |newspaper=Roll Call |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/david-trone-largest-self-funder-house-history-wins-democratic-nod-maryland}} and lost the primary to Trone by 9.3%, with 30.7% of the vote compared to Trone's 40.0%, and consequently did not advance to the general election.{{Cite web |title=Maryland's 6th Congressional District election (June 26, 2018 Democratic primary) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Maryland%27s_6th_Congressional_District_election_(June_26,_2018_Democratic_primary) |access-date=April 1, 2019 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} She won Montgomery County but this was the only voting district she won outright.{{Cite news |title=Maryland Election Results |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/election-results/maryland/}} Had she been elected, Miller would have been the only woman in Maryland's congressional delegation.{{cite news |last1=Wiggins |first1=Ovetta |title=Md. voters to choose Hogan's Democratic opponent, plus congressional and local races |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/md-voters-to-chose-hogans-democratic-opponent-plus-congressional-and-local-races/2018/06/25/26eb59c8-7873-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 25, 2018}}

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In February 2019, Miller was named the new executive director of Indian American Impact.{{cite news |title=Aruna Miller named new executive director of Indian American Impact |url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2019/02/25/aruna-miller-executive-director-indian-american-impact-436541/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The American Bazaar |date=February 25, 2019}}

In January 2021, Miller filed paperwork to run for Congress again had Trone decided against running for a third-term.{{cite news |last1=Giroux |first1=Greg |last2=Roth |first2=Bennett |title=Maryland Democrat Preps House Bid as Trone Eyes State Run |url=https://about.bgov.com/news/maryland-democrat-preps-house-bid-as-lawmaker-eyes-statewide-run/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Bloomberg Government |date=January 8, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Shwe |first1=Elizabeth |title=The Bench Has Grown, So Why Aren't More Women Running for High Office in Md.? |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/05/13/the-bench-has-grown-so-why-arent-more-women-running-for-high-office-in-md/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 13, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Arun |title=Indian American Aruna Miller raises $230,000 for another potential congressional run |url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2021/04/16/indian-american-aruna-miller-raises-230000-444949/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The American Bazaar |date=April 16, 2021}} After Trone launched his re-election bid on May 7, Miller declined to comment on her 2022 plans.{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |title=Trone Launches Re-Election Bid With Long List of Endorsements |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/05/07/trone-launches-re-election-bid-with-long-list-of-endorsements/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=May 7, 2021}}

In December 2021, Wes Moore selected Miller as his running mate in the Democratic primary of the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election. The Moore-Miller ticket won the Democratic primary election on July 19, 2022.{{cite news |last1=Janesch |first1=Sam |title=Wes Moore enters general election campaign pitching 'optimism' versus 'conspiracy theories' in governor matchup against Dan Cox |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/elections/bs-md-pol-moore-wins-sunday-20220723-kdehtrygzfclncmdjdotcp2rq4-story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=July 23, 2022}}

The ticket defeated Republican nominees Dan Cox and Gordana Schifanelli in the general election on November 8, 2022. Miller is the first South Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in the United States, and the first Asian American lieutenant governor and first immigrant to hold statewide office in Maryland.{{cite news |last1=DePuyt |first1=Bruce |title=Barriers fall as Wes Moore is declared victor, Maryland's first Black governor |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/11/04/barriers-fall-as-wes-moore-is-declared-victor-marylands-first-black-governor/ |access-date=November 9, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=November 8, 2022}} Miller served as the chair of the transition team for Governor-elect Moore.{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Moore meets with Hogan, unveils transition team leaders |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2022/11/10/moore-meets-with-hogan-unveils-transition-team-leaders/ |access-date=November 10, 2022 |work=Maryland Matters |date=November 10, 2022}}

Miller was sworn in on January 18, 2023.{{cite news |last1=Burnett |first1=Ava-Joye |title=Aruna Miller to make national history as first South Asian woman to become lieutenant governor |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/aruna-miller-lieutenant-governor-maryland-first-south-asian-woman/ |access-date=January 18, 2023 |work=WJZ-TV |date=January 18, 2023}} She took the oath of office on the Bhagavad Gita, making her first lieutenant governor to do so.{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Pamela |title=Moore, Miller chose meaningful religious texts for oaths of office |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/moore-miller-chose-meaningful-texts-for-swearing-their-oaths-of-office-7TIPLJJ6GNCF3JSXN3HHZPOGUA/ |access-date=January 19, 2023 |work=Baltimore Banner |date=January 19, 2023}}

In February 2023, Miller became the first woman of color to chair the Maryland Board of Public Works meeting after Governor Moore recused himself from a vote related to a contract between the Maryland Department of Health and Under Armour, a company he has financial holdings in.{{cite news |last1=Sears |first1=Bryan P. |title=State treasurer expresses concerns over costly suits, settlements |url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2023/02/15/state-treasurer-expresses-concerns-over-costly-suits-settlements/ |access-date=February 17, 2023 |work=The Daily Record |date=February 15, 2023}} In October 2024, Miller and Comptroller Brooke Lierman presided over the Board of Public Works, marking the first time in Maryland history in which only women presided over the meeting.{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Jack |title=MD comptroller scolds USM for no 'rhyme or reason' in contracts |url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2024/10/30/md-comptroller-scolds-universities-for-lack-of-rhyme-or-reason-in-dining-service-contracts/ |access-date=October 30, 2024 |work=Maryland Daily Record |date=October 30, 2024}}

During her tenure, Miller has worked on issues involving transportation issues, including mass transit projects like the Red Line and Purple Line, and in promoting STEM education.{{cite news |last1=Janesch |first1=Sam |title=Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller takes on transportation issues and STEM, embraces making history in new role |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2023/05/01/maryland-lt-gov-aruna-miller-takes-on-transportation-issues-and-stem-embraces-making-history-in-new-role/ |access-date=December 8, 2023 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=May 1, 2023}} In April 2023, following a car crash that resulted in the deaths of six highway workers, Governor Moore appointed Miller to chair the Work Zone Safety Work Group.{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Derrick |title=Maryland Forming Work Zone Safety Group After Fatal Baltimore Beltway Crash |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/transportation/maryland-forming-work-zone-safety-group-after-fatal-baltimore-beltway-crash/3331720/ |access-date=December 8, 2023 |work=WRC-TV |date=April 18, 2023}} This group was tasked with developing policy recommendations to prevent future work zone accidents.{{cite news |last1=Zimmardi |first1=Abby |title=Work zone safety changes recommended in response to I-695 crash that killed 6 |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/state-government/work-zone-safety-i-695-TIIBODYPQVHYBHZC2D7H47WRFA/ |access-date=December 8, 2023 |work=Baltimore Banner |date=November 17, 2023 |language=en}} Under Miller's leadership, the Work Zone Safety Work Group proposed several key measures, including modifications to existing state laws to authorize the use of unmanned cameras in work zones and increased penalties for speeding in these areas.{{cite news |last1=Zawodny |first1=Daniel |title=Lt. Gov. Miller, former traffic engineer, champions road safety bills |url=https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/transportation/aruna-miller-road-safety-4DMXDU4TFBA6LGFAXI7LVE5J7E/ |access-date=February 26, 2024 |work=The Baltimore Banner |date=February 26, 2024}} These recommendations were incorporated into the Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024,{{Cite web|url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0513|title=HB513 Maryland Road Worker Protection Act of 2024|access-date=July 8, 2024}} which Miller testified for in both houses of the Maryland General Assembly.{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Robert |title=Maryland Lt. Gov. Miller testifies in favor of bill to enhance highway worker safety|url=https://www.wbal.com/maryland-lt-gov-miller-testifies-in-favor-of-bill-to-enhance-highway-worker-safety/|access-date=February 22, 2024 |work=WBAL-TV |date=February 22, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Jeff |title=MGA considering a bill to increase enforcement in MD work zones|url=https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mga-considering-a-bill-to-increase-enforcement-in-md-work-zones/|access-date=February 15, 2024 |work=WMAR-TV |date=February 15, 2024}} The bill was subsequently passed and signed into law by Governor Moore.{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Tony|title=Maryland doubles cost of work zone speeding tickets|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/06/01/maryland-doubles-cost-of-work-zone-speeding-tickets/ |access-date=June 2, 2024 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 2, 2024}}

Miller was an at-large delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Kamala Harris{{cite news |last1=Kurtz |first1=Josh |title=Meet the Maryland delegates to the Democratic National Convention |url=https://marylandmatters.org/2024/07/22/meet-the-maryland-delegates-to-the-democratic-national-convention/ |access-date=July 22, 2024 |work=Maryland Matters |date=July 22, 2024}} and served as a member of the DNC Rules committee.{{cite web|title=Chair Jaime Harrison's Nominations for the 2024 Convention Standing Committees| website=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-e4e7-df56-a1cf-f5e7e2580000|accessdate=October 15, 2024}} Miller traveled out of state to battleground state of Michigan in support of the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign{{cite news|title=Maya Harris, Hon. Julie Su, & Rep. Pramila Jayapal Join Leaders to Boost Voter Turnout in Michigan's AANHPI & Arab American Communities|url=https://indialife.us/article.php?id=241303 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |work=India Life }} In the 2024 presidential election, Miller voted as an elector pledged to Harris.{{cite web |title=Presidential Electors for the 2024 General Election |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2024/Electors_PG24.pdf |website=elections.maryland.gov |publisher=Maryland State Board of Elections |access-date=November 23, 2024}}

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In October 2022, The Intercept reported that Moore and Miller were honored at a fundraiser hosted by individuals associated with Hindutva, or a Hindu nationalist political ideology. The fundraiser occurred after the Moore campaign added a page to its website highlighting Miller's record on supporting Muslim communities and religious freedom, accompanied by the statement, "There is not one dollar in this campaign that has anything to do with the Hindutva movement or international politics."{{cite news |last1=Lacy |first1=Akela |last2=Kumar |first2=Rashmee |title=Is Hindu Nationalist Money Making Its Way Into Maryland's Governor Race? |url=https://theintercept.com/2022/10/27/maryland-governor-wes-moore-hindu-nationalism/ |access-date=October 27, 2022 |work=The Intercept |date=October 27, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Abdelaziz |first1=Rowaida |title=Maryland's Democratic Lt. Governor Has Ties To A Dangerous Far-Right Movement |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marylands-democratic-lt-governor-has-ties-to-a-dangerous-far-right-movement_n_63dc3041e4b0c8e3fc83a42b?d_id=5449896&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000016 |access-date=February 3, 2023 |work=HuffPost |date=February 3, 2023}} In August 2023, Salon reported that Miller had accepted at least $110,000 in contributions from individuals connected to the Hindutva movement since 2011, but noted the same donors implicated in criticisms of Miller routinely contributed to other Democrats across Maryland, though officials and candidates who are not of Indian descent rarely received criticism for accepting these contributions.{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Areeba |date=2023-08-05 |title=Maryland lieutenant governor got funding from donors linked to far-right extremist movement |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/08/05/maryland-lieutenant-governor-got-funding-from-donors-linked-to-far-right-extremist-movement/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Salon |language=en}} In a November 2022 interview with Bethesda Magazine, Miller denied participating in fundraisers with Hindu nationalists, and said that she felt an unfair spotlight had been focused on her because she is Indian-American and grew up in a Hindu-Christian household.{{cite news |last1=Bixby |first1=Ginny |title=History-making Lt. Gov-elect draws from Montgomery County roots |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2022/11/29/history-making-lt-gov-elect-draws-from-montgomery-county-roots/ |access-date=December 1, 2022 |work=Bethesda Magazine |date=November 29, 2022}}

In June 2023, during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the United States, Miller tweeted a statement in support of efforts urging President Joe Biden to press Modi on the issue of human rights. At the invitation of President Biden,{{cite web|title=White House Releases State Dinner Guest List|date=June 22, 2023 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/22/white-house-releases-state-dinner-guest-list-2/|access-date=December 7, 2023}} she attended a White House dinner hosted in Modi's honor.{{cite news |last1=Hussein |first1=Fatima |last2=Superville |first2=Darlene |title=India's Narendra Modi brings comedy game to White House dinner in his honor; Maryland Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller among guests |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-pol-modi-miller-white-house-dinner-20230623-d5qkgihrfzamhjzghjwdm3d2oi-story.html |access-date=August 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 23, 2023}}

In July 2023, The Independent reported that party officials acting on behalf of Miller had retaliated against people who alleged she had ties to Hindutva, including an instance where a Democratic central committee member claimed that he was threatened by the chair to alter his vote supporting Susan Kerin, an activist who alleged Miller had ties to Hindutva. Another activist claimed that in 2018, he lost his job for criticizing Miller, and another claimed they lost their party position. Miller, in statements to The Independent, denied these allegations and presented evidence disproving one of the claims.{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=John |title='Bullied, tailed home and run out of the state': The dramatic path to power in Maryland |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aruna-miller-maryland-democrats-narendra-modi-b2382156.html |access-date=July 27, 2023 |work=The Independent |date=July 26, 2023}} The chair of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee, Saman Qadeer Ahmad, denied she threatened the committee member on his vote.{{cite news |last1=Bixby |first1=Ginny |url= https://moco360.media/2023/08/07/moco-democratic-chairs-ouster-sought-over-claim-she-made-threat-invoking-lt-gov-miller/ |title=MoCo Democratic chair's ouster sought over claim she made threat invoking Lt. Gov. Miller |work=MoCo360 |date=August 8, 2023 |access-date=August 8, 2023}}

In 2013, Miller co-sponsored legislation that would require schools to start after Labor Day. In August 2016, Governor Larry Hogan released a statement that included a number of county legislators, including Miller, that supported his decision to move the state's school start date to after Labor Day.{{cite news |last1=Tallman |first1=Douglas |title=Hogan Order Draws Fire from Teachers Union President, Some Lawmakers |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2016/08/31/hogan-order-draws-fire-from-teachers-union-president-some-lawmakers/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Bethesda Magazine |date=August 31, 2016}}

During the 2014 legislative session, Miller introduced legislation that would create a state study to review school start times and how sleep affected academic performance and school activities. The bill passed and was signed into law by Governor O'Malley on April 4.{{cite news |last1=St. George |first1=Donna |title=Teen sleep: State to study health issues and school start times |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teen-sleep-state-to-study-health-issues-and-school-start-times/2014/04/04/aec97254-bc29-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 4, 2014}} In 2016, Miller introduced legislation that would recognize school systems as "Orange Ribbon Schools" if they had elementary school classes starting after 8am and middle school classes after 8:30am. The bill passed and was signed into law by Governor Hogan.{{cite news |last1=Fleischman |first1=Sarah |title=New law recognizes school systems for 'healthy and safe' start times |url=https://www.somdnews.com/recorder/news/local/new-law-recognizes-school-systems-for-healthy-and-safe-start-times/article_c5161087-e24c-5236-86ed-25ed804c1397.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Maryland Independent |date=May 4, 2016}}

In 2018, Miller introduced legislation that would require high schools to offer at least one high-quality computer science course and encourages local school districts to integrate computer science into their earlier grades.{{cite web|title=HB218 Securing the Future: Computer Science Education for All|url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2018RS/bills/hb/hb0281T.pdf|accessdate=February 27, 2018}}

In 2013, Miller was one of ten Maryland lawmakers named to the Maryland Business Climate Work Group designed to make recommendations and develop long-term plans to streamline business regulations, encourage business innovation, and develop public-private partnerships to finance infrastructure.{{cite web|title=Maryland Business Climate Workgroup|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/com/defunct/sbusiness.html|accessdate=February 14, 2014}}

Miller encouraged strengthening economic and cultural development between Maryland and India{{cite web|title=India Abroad Report on Maryland Sister State |url=http://d1650628.u50.nozonenet.com/SisterState2.pdf |accessdate=April 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154258/http://d1650628.u50.nozonenet.com/SisterState2.pdf |archivedate=April 2, 2015 }} and accompanied Governor Martin O'Malley on a trade mission to India in 2011, which resulted in nearly $60 million in business deals for the state of Maryland.{{cite web|title=Governor O'Malley Announces Nearly $60 Million in Business Deals for Maryland, Touts Successful India Trade Mission|url=http://www.wbal.com/article/84268/3/OMalley-60-Million-In-Deals-On-India-Trip |date=December 12, 2011}} Delegate Miller took a lead role in working with the Office of the Secretary of State and the Department of Economic Development to coordinate the Governor's arrangements for his first stop to Hyderabad.{{cite web|title=Maryland Delegate Aruna Miller announces participation in Trade Mission |url=http://d1650628.u50.nozonenet.com/IndiaTradeMission.html |accessdate=November 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115849/http://d1650628.u50.nozonenet.com/IndiaTradeMission.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 }}

During her first term as a state delegate, Miller introduced one of the early Maryland bills for paid family leave.{{Cite web|url=http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2013RS/bills/hb/hb1335F.pdf|title=HB1335 Employment Short Term Disability Insurance for Pregnancy Requirement|access-date=February 8, 2013}}

In her second term, while serving as chair of the Oversight of Personnel Subcommittee, Miller was the floor leader for multiple bills expanding collective bargaining for employees.{{Cite web |title=Assembly debates collective bargaining for community college employees |url=https://www.capitalgazette.com/politics/ph-ac-cn-community-college-bargaining-0303-20160302-story.html |access-date=July 20, 2022 |website=Capital Gazette|date=March 2, 2016 }}

Miller stood in opposition to excluding nail salon workers from being eligible to receive unemployment benefits{{Cite web|url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Search/Legislation?target=/2016rs/votes/house/1201.htm|title=Roll Call SB679 Nail Technicians Exemption From Unemployment Insurance |access-date=April 2, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/sb/sb0679T.pdf|title= SB679 Nail Technicians Exemption From Unemployment Insurance |access-date=March 18, 2016}}

In February 2018, Miller voted for a bill that would provide $5.6 billion in tax incentives to Amazon to build their second headquarters in Montgomery County.{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Louis |title=Most of County's Annapolis Delegation Lines Up Behind Measure To Attract Amazon HQ |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2018/02/14/most-of-countys-annapolis-delegation-lines-up-behind-measure-to-attract-amazon-hq/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Bethesda Magazine |date=February 14, 2018}}

One of Miller's first actions after being elected to the Maryland General Assembly was to co-sponsor the Marcellus Shale Act of 2011,{{cite web | title = Marcellus Shale Safe Drilling Act of 2011 | url = http://167.102.242.144/smb/mgaleg.maryland.gov/google_docs%24/2011rs/bills_noln/hb/fhb0852.pdf | archive-url = http://www.webcitation.org/6HL6uPVQg?url=http://167.102.242.144/smb/mgaleg.maryland.gov/google_docs%24/2011rs/bills_noln/hb/fhb0852.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2013}} which laid the groundwork for the eventual passage of Maryland's fracking ban, which she co-sponsored.{{Cite web|url=http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?pid=billpage&tab=subject3&id=hb1325&stab=01&ys=2017RS|title=HB1325 Oil and Natural Gas - Hydraulic Fracturing - Prohibition|access-date=June 6, 2018}}

In 2013, Governor Martin O'Malley appointed Miller as a commissioner to the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB). The mission is to enhance, protect, and conserve the water and associated land resources of the Potomac River and its tributaries through regional and interstate cooperation. She served on the ICPRB until 2019.{{cite web|title=Maryland Manual On-Line |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/ltgov/html/msa15449.html|accessdate=October 15, 2024}}

In January 2012, Miller signed onto an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case of National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius supporting the Affordable Care Act.{{cite news |last1=Sohr |first1=Nicholas |title=Maryland lawmakers support health care overhaul in Supreme Court fight |url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2012/01/16/maryland-lawmakers-support-health-care-overhaul-in-supreme-court-fight/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The Daily Record |date=January 16, 2012}} During her 2018 House of Representatives campaign, Miller said she supported moving toward a single-payer healthcare system.{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Louis |title=District 6 Congressional Debate Is Largely Civil Affair, But With Some Swipes At Trone |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2018/05/04/district-6-congressional-debate-is-largely-civil-affair-but-with-some-swipes-at-trone/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Bethesda Magazine |date=May 4, 2018}}

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In March 2018, Miller said that the gun control provisions included in Congress's $1.3 trillion spending bill "did not go far enough." That week, she unveiled a gun control plan that included expanded research, universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, and increasing the minimum age to buy a firearm.{{cite news |last1=Fritze |first1=John |title=Maryland congressional candidate calls for additional federal research on gun violence |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-aruna-miller-guns-20180328-story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 28, 2018}}

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During the 2012 legislative session, Miller voted for the Civil Marriage Protection Act, a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland.{{cite news |title=How the Md. House voted on same-sex marriage |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2012/02/18/how-the-md-house-voted-on-same-sex-marriage/ |access-date=December 15, 2023 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=February 18, 2012}}

In August 2015, Miller called for the resignation of Maryland Housing Secretary Kenneth Holt after he claimed without evidence that parents were deliberately exposing their children to lead paint to get free housing.{{cite news |title=Housing department chief under fire for remarks |url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/delegates-want-housing-department-chief-gone-after-crude-remarks/7095349 |access-date=December 23, 2023 |work=WBAL-TV |date=August 17, 2015 |language=en}}

Miller endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for president on April 9, 2016.{{cite news |last1=Fritze |first1=John |title=Hillary Clinton announces endorsements from Maryland women |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bal-hillary-clinton-announces-endorsements-from-maryland-women-20160409-story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=April 9, 2016}} On April 17, 2019, Miller and the Indian American Impact group endorsed U.S. Senator from California Kamala Harris for president.{{cite news |title=Indian American Impact Fund endorses Kamala Harris for President |url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2019/04/17/indian-american-impact-fund-endorses-kamala-harris-for-president-437159/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=American Bazaar Online |date=April 17, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Sharma Rani |first1=Rikha |title=Are Indian-American Voters Ready to Embrace Kamala Harris? |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/17/shes-a-black-woman-shes-an-indian-american-also-226656/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=Politico |date=April 17, 2019}}

In March 2018, Miller said she supported studying alternative treatments, including ibogaine and marijuana, to help patients wean themselves from opioids.{{cite news |last1=Fritze |first1=John |title=Opioid crisis takes central role in Maryland's most competitive House race |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sixth-opioids-20180302-story.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=March 15, 2018}}

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Miller is an adherent of Hinduism and swore her oath on the Bhagavad Gita. In 1990, she moved to Montgomery County, Maryland, where she married her college sweetheart, David Miller. Miller has three adult daughters, and her mother lives with the family in Darnestown, Maryland. She and her husband are vegetarians.{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Marcella |title=Maryland Lt. Governor Aruna Miller attends White House State Dinner |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/state-dinner-dc-aruna-miller/65-5acf572c-9902-409f-92fc-88d2d1fb4e31 |access-date=August 8, 2023 |work=WUSA-TV |date=June 23, 2023}}

Miller maintains her activism in community organizations and has served on the boards of Round House Theatre, Montgomery Parks Foundation, Emerge Maryland, Madison House Autism Foundation, BlackRock Center for the Arts and the Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation.

Miller is a graduate of Leadership Montgomery.{{Cite web |title= Leadership Montgomery Announces Core Class for 2012-2013|url=https://patch.com/maryland/collegepark/an--leadership-montgomery-announces-core-class-for-20f9761eb945|access-date=Oct 20, 2022 |website=patch.com |date=October 26, 2012 |language=en}}

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 202,175

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 141,586

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 26,594

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 25,481

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 24,882

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 13,784

| percentage = 2.1

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| candidate = {{ubl|Jon Baron|Natalie Williams}}

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 11,880

| percentage = 1.8

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 4,276

| percentage = 0.6

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| candidate = {{ubl|Ralph Jaffe|Mark Greben}}

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 2,978

| percentage = 0.4

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| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 1,293,944

| percentage = 64.53

| change = +21.02

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 644,000

| percentage = 32.12

| change = -24.23

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| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 30,101

| percentage = 1.50

|change = +0.93

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| candidate = {{ubl|David Harding|Cathy White}}

| party = Working Class Party

| votes = 17,154

| percentage = 0.86

| change = N/A

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| party = Green Party (United States)

| votes = 14,580

| percentage = 0.73

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|percentage = 0.27

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• [http://www.arunamiller.com Campaign website]
• [https://governor.maryland.gov/leadership/ltgovernor/Pages/default.aspx Lt. Governor Aruna Miller]
• [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/ltgov/html/msa15449.html MD Manual Aruna Miller Lt. Governor]
• [http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?id=miller%20a&pid=sponpage&s=c01a&stab=02&tab=subject3&ys=2018rs Aruna Miller MGA Legislation]
• [https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa15449.html Aruna Miller Maryland General Assembly]
• [https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/127424/aruna-miller Profile] at Vote Smart
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