U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Bainbridge, raised $310,974 in the third quarter in his bid to win a seventh two-year term representing the 14th Congressional District.

Brian Bob Kenderes, his Democratic opponent in the Nov. 5 election, hasn’t filed a campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission.

Of the money raised by Joyce in the third quarter, $248,565 came from PACs. That’s 80% of the money he collected between July 1 and Sept. 30.

Overall for this campaign, Joyce raised $2.2 million with about $1.3 million — more than 61% — coming from PACs.

Joyce’s fund also got $13,788 in interest during the third quarter and a total of $84,653 for this campaign.

In the third quarter, PACs giving Joyce the maximum $5,000 contribution amount were those representing the Air Line Pilots Association, Edison International, Hallmark Cards, Koch Industries, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Automobile Dealers Association and National Multifamily Housing Council.

He also received $5,000 donations from the PACs of House Speaker Mike Johnson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as well as two Republican members of Congress — Frank Lucas of Oklahoma and Jason Smith of Missouri.

In the third quarter, Joyce spent $223,340 with his largest expenses being $82,447 to 814 Consulting of Alexandria, Virginia, for fundraising consulting and event expenses, and $65,000 to Kalk Strategies of Willoughby for digital advertising. The latter company is run by David Kalk, who works for Joyce’s campaign committee. Kalk was paid $11,682 in salary for the three months in the third quarter.

Joyce gave $25,000 in contributions to other Republican congressional candidates as well as $5,000 each to the Trumbull County Republican Party and the Ohio Republican Party.

For this election, Joyce has spent $1.4 million.

With a large carryover from previous campaigns and filing quarters, Joyce had $2.7 million in his fund as of Sept. 30.

Among Joyce’s travel expenses in the third quarter are three flights on American Airlines — $694 paid Aug. 26, and two paid Sept. 24 for $225 and $304. There is also a $549 payment July 23 to United Airlines for a flight.

Joyce’s campaign listed five hotel stays on its third quarter expenses. One is to Hotel Okura for $440 on Sept. 24 that states it is in Kyoto, Ohio, a place that doesn’t exist. But there is a Hotel Okura in Kyoto, Japan.

The others are $750 for a hotel in Middleburg, Virginia, $204 for a stay in a Cincinnati Marriott and two stays at a Residence Inn, location undetermined, for $774.

Joyce’s campaign also received a $993 refund on July 22 from American Airlines.

Kenderes pleaded guilty July 9 to a fifth-degree felony of filing a false voter registration by claiming he lives in Mentor on his nominating petitions to get on the ballot for this seat and on a voter registration form.

He will start serving a 30-day Lake County jail sentence starting Nov. 9, four days after the general election. There is nothing prohibiting a felon from running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

There is also no law requiring a congressional candidate to live in the district to seek that office. The candidate only needs to reside in Ohio.

Kenderes has listed addresses in Strongsville and Garfield Heights, both in Cuyahoga County, on court documents.

The 14th District includes all of Trumbull, Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga counties and all but two communities in Portage County.

The district has a 9.7% Republican advantage based on statewide partisan voting results during the past decade. Joyce won the 2022 election by 23.5% over Democrat Matt Kilboy.

The seat is considered safe for Republicans.