The rematch between U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli and Michael L. Kripchak in the 6th Congressional District was nowhere near as close as the special June 11 election with the incumbent Republican running away with the victory.

Also, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Bainbridge, overwhelmingly won reelection to the 14th District over Democrat Brian Bob Kenderes, who is to start serving a 30-day Lake County jail sentence Saturday for filing a false voter registration, a fifth-degree felony.

Rulli, R-Salem, beat Kripchak 66% to 34%, according to unofficial results Tuesday.

Rulli beat Kripchak by 9.3% in the June 11 election for the seat vacated in January by Republican Bill Johnson. Johnson resigned to be Youngstown State University president.

“I’m very thrilled with the win,” Rulli said. “A lot of people were disappointed that the majority in the special election wasn’t as much as they hoped. I did a lot of grassroots campaigning in this election. We got out and attended any little function so people could see who I am. I’m very happy with the results. I represent everybody and always will.”

Rulli said he’s been meeting with various business leaders in the district because the federal government “should play a role in helping businesses.”

Also, Rulli said he wants to be “the bridge between local, state and federal governments” and can achieve that because of his six years in the state Senate.

“If the local or state governments need help on the federal level, I want to be that liaison and move the 6th District forward,” Rulli said.

The 6th District includes all of Mahoning, Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Belmont, Harrison, Monroe, Noble and Washington counties and portions of Stark and Tuscarawas counties.

Rulli won all 11 counties in the district Tuesday.

In the June 11 election, he won nine, with Kripchak victorious in Mahoning, which is the district’s most-populous county, and Tuscarawas.

The district has an 18% advantage for Republicans based on voting results in partisan statewide elections over the past decade.

Rulli had a significant campaign fundraising advantage over Kripchak.

In the 14th District, Joyce won his seventh two-year term beating Kenderes, who didn’t raise any money and was invisible during the campaign. Meanwhile, Joyce raised more than $2.2 million.

Joyce received 63% of the vote compared to 37% for Kenderes, according to unofficial results Tuesday.

“I am honored to have earned the support of so many voters across northeast Ohio,” Joyce said. “It is the privilege of a lifetime to serve Ohio’s 14th Congressional District in Congress for another term.”

He added: “Throughout this campaign I have heard your concerns: small business owners struggling to hire workers, families facing increased grocery bills and veterans fighting for basic resources. As you send me back to Washington, I will use these concerns to guide my decisions.”

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

Joyce won all five counties.

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%.

Kenderes is to report Saturday to the Lake County jail. He pleaded guilty July 9 to filing a false voter registration by claiming he lived in Mentor on his nominating petitions to get on the ballot for this seat and on a voter registration form.

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