Joseph Wayne "Joe" Miller (born May 10, 1967) is an American attorney who was the Republican Party nominee and the Tea Party favorite in the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Alaska. He faced Democrat Scott McAdams and incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski, who after losing the primary to Miller, mounted a large and well-funded campaign as a write-in candidate in the general election. In May 2013, he announced that he would seek the Republican Nomination to challenge incumbent Democratic Senator Mark Begich in 2014.