The reelection campaigns of Congressmen Dave Joyce and Michael Rulli, the two Republicans who represent the Mahoning Valley in the U.S. House, collected more than $100,000 each during the third quarter of the year.

Meanwhile, all of their potential opponents but one didn’t raise any money between July 1 and Sept. 30.

The congressional district of Joyce, R-Bainbridge, has Trumbull as its second-most-populous county while Mahoning is the most-populous county in the 6th District, which Rulli, R-Salem, represents.

Joyce received $133,361 in the third quarter while Rulli’s campaign reported $185,987 during that three-month period.

Joyce, serving his seventh two-year term representing the 14th Congressional District, spent $37,014 in the third quarter while Rulli, who was elected to an unexpired term in June 2024 and is serving his first full two-year term, spent $116,029.

With money carried over from previous campaign quarters, Joyce’s fund had a $3,139,352 surplus and Rulli had $275,349 as of Sept. 30.

RULLI

Rulli received $109,000 from political-action committees, a $51,015 transfer from the Rulli Victory Fund, $18,002 from individual donors and $7,971 in refunds during the third quarter.

The victory fund PAC was created by Rulli’s campaign committee and Ohio Valley Leadership PAC, which he also controls, as a way to receive additional donations.

Numerous members of Congress have PACs and leadership committees.

Rulli’s campaign committee received a $10,000 contribution — $5,000 for the 2026 primary and $5,000 for the general election — from Koch Industries, one of the largest Republican committees in the country. Koch also gave Rulli $10,000 on March 5, 2024, for the March 19 Republican primary and the June 11, 2024, special general election.

Rulli also received $5,000 contributions from four other PACs: Fifth Third Bank, National Automobile Dealers Association, Memorial Health System in Marietta, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, North Carolina.

As it was in the second quarter, Rulli’s largest expense in the third quarter was $50,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, which works to elect Republicans to the U.S. House.

Rulli’s campaign also paid $16,756 to Grand Valley Consulting LLC of Washington, D.C., for fundraising consulting; $15,203 to The Paroska Group of Cleveland for fundraising consulting; and $10,613 to H&F Strategies of Youngstown for campaign consulting.

Through the first nine months of the year, Rulli’s campaign raised $601,099 and spent $433,810.

The Rulli Victory Fund raised $59,415 in the third quarter with $51,015 going to Rulli’s campaign fund and $7,736 going to his leadership PAC. All of those transfers came on Sept. 30, the last day of the reporting period. The transfers left the victory fund with 1 cent in its account.

Among the victory fund’s largest contributors were Memorial Health Systems, which gave $12,500, and Bruce Zoldan, president and CEO of Phantom Fireworks, who gave $10,000.

The leadership PAC files twice a year so it didn’t have to submit a report to the Federal Election Commission for the third quarter.

Democrat Malcolm Ritchie of Dover, who filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC on May 13 to run for the 6th District seat, was the only other candidate to report raising money in the third quarter.

Ritchie raised $3,812 with $1,403 coming from him. He also spent $4,336 in the third quarter with his largest expense being $2,592 to McTigue & Columbo LLC, a Columbus law firm, for legal services.

Because of a small carryover from the second quarter, Ritchie had $1,416 in his campaign fund as of Sept. 30.

Democrat Michael L. Kripchak of Youngstown, who lost to Rulli in the two 2024 elections, reported not raising any money in the third quarter. He spent $2,208 in the quarter with $2,150 going to Colossus Strategies and Consulting of Canfield for fundraising consulting. Kripchak has reported raising no money for his campaign during the first nine months of the year.

Republican Jullie Kelley of Sherrodsville in Carroll County filed a statement of candidacy on Aug. 21 with the FEC to challenge Rulli in the May 2026 GOP primary.

The district Rulli represents is considered safe for Republicans. It includes all of Mahoning, Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Belmont, Harrison, Monroe, Noble and Washington counties and portions of Stark and Tuscarawas counties.

Republican state officials must redraw congressional district lines by Nov. 30 for the 2026 election so the areas Rulli and Joyce currently represent could change, but both will remain solid red districts.

JOYCE

Of the money Joyce raised in the third quarter, $102,500 came from PACs, $20,180 from individual donors and $10,680 was made in interest on his campaign fund.

Joyce received $5,000 contributions in the quarter from four PACs: the American Optometric Association, Charter Communications, Comcast Corp., and one that advocates for time share and vacation property owners.

Among Joyce’s largest expenses in the quarter were $11,832 to Fifth Third Bank for credit card payments, $6,000 to Kelsi Brogan of Mentor for fundraising consulting and $6,000 to Ariann Smith of Ashtabula for political consulting.

Through the first nine months of the year, Joyce has raised $614,917 and spent $389,166.

Republican Mark Zetzer of Russell, who withdrew from the 2024 GOP primary for the 14th Congressional District seat, said he plans to challenge Joyce in next year’s primary. Zetzer hasn’t filed a statement of candidacy as of Friday.

Democrat Bill O’Neill of Chagrin Falls, a former Ohio Supreme Court justice and ex-11th District Court of Appeals judge, filed a June 24 statement of candidacy, but reported raising and spending no money. O’Neill had said he doesn’t plan to accept any campaign contributions.

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