Incumbent U.S. Reps. Bill Johnson and Dave Joyce have raised considerably more campaign cash for their re-election efforts than their Democratic challengers, who are largely relying on their own money.

In the 6th Congressional District race, Johnson, R-Marietta, has raised more than 20 times that of Democrat Louis Lyras of Campbell.

Joyce, R-Bainbridge, has a 37-to-1 financial advantage over Democrat Matt Kilboy of Deerfield in the 14th District as of June 30.

Also, Johnson had $1,176,610 in his campaign fund as of June 30 compared with $12,065 for Lyras. Lyras would be running a deficit if not for the $50,000 he loaned his campaign earlier this year.

Joyce had $2,008,744 in his fund as of June 30 to $13,456 for Kilboy. Kilboy’s account would be in the red if he paid off his $17,500 campaign debt: $15,000 he loaned it and $2,500 he owes Christopher Clevenger-Morris of Kent for consulting and campaign strategy.

The new 6th Congressional District includes all of Mahoning, Columbiana, Carroll, Jefferson, Belmont, Harrison, Monroe, Noble and Washington counties and portions of Stark and Tuscarawas counties. Mahoning is the district’s most-populous county.

The new 14th District includes all of Trumbull, Ashtabula, Geauga and Lake counties and all but two communities in Portage County. Trumbull is the second most-populous county in the district behind Lake.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission drew new congressional lines after the decennial census. The Ohio Supreme Court twice rejected the maps as unconstitutional, including last week, because they unfairly favor Republicans. But the lines will be in place for this election and have to be redrawn in 2024.

The 6th District favors Republicans 59.06 percent to 40.94 percent for Democrats based on partisan voting trends during the past decade, according to the redistricting commission.

The 14th District favors Republicans 54.83 percent to 45.17 percent for Democrats, according to the commission.

6TH DISTRICT

Johnson, who was first elected in 2010, has raised $1,293,561 for his campaign as of June 30 including $272,435 in the second quarter. Of that second quarter amount, $148,125 came from political action committees.

Also, $22,101 was transferred from Johnson Leads, a joint fundraising committee he shared with the National Republican Congressional Committee and Belief in Life and Liberty PAC, which is his leadership PAC.

Johnson received $5,000 maximum contributions from 10 PACs.

Overall, Johnson has spent $1,176,610 on his re-election effort through June 30 including $463,661 between April and June.

His largest expenses in the second quarter were $275,052 in contributions to the NRCC and $107,275 to Communications Counsel of Columbus for commercials and media consulting.

Including carryover from previous campaigns, Johnson had $1,176,610 in his fund as of June 30.

Johnson beat three challengers in the Republican primary May 3.

Lyras defeated two opponents in the Democratic primary.

Lyras unsuccessfully ran in the 2020 Republican primary for the 13th District, which was redrawn by the redistricting commission, and submitted petitions in 2018 to run as an independent in the 13th, but didn’t qualify for the ballot.

As of June 30, Lyras has raised $62,726 for his campaign including $12,726 in the second quarter. Only $9,585 has come from donors. Lyras gave $50,000 to his campaign in the first quarter and contributed $3,141 in the second quarter.

Overall, he’s spent $51,804 for his campaign with $50,023 in expenses in the second quarter. Of those expenses, the largest was $25,000 to R Strategy Group of Cleveland for campaign consulting.

Lyras’ campaign finance reports show outstanding loans of $134,400 he gave to those previous campaigns and $11,631 in debt to him.

Including a small carryover from his prior campaigns, Lyras reported $12,065 in his fund as of June 30.

14TH DISTRICT

Joyce, who was first elected in 2012, has raised $1,928,466 for his re-election including $479,821 between April and June. Of the amount raised in the second quarter, $316,300 came from PACs.

He received $5,000 contributions from nine PACs and $10,000 contributions from two PACs — $5,000 for the primary and $5,000 for the general election — in the second quarter.

Joyce, who defeated two challengers in the May 3 primary, has spent a total of $661,227 on his re-election effort as of June 30 including $125,379 in the second quarter.

His biggest expenses in the second quarter were $36,146 to 814 Consulting LLC of Alexandria, Va., for fundraising consulting and event expenses and $25,000 to FP1 Strategies, also of Alexandria, for media production and advertising.

Joyce had $2,008,744 in his fund as of June 30, which includes carryover from previous campaigns.

Kilboy has raised a total of $51,773 for his campaign as of June 30, including $24,332 in the second quarter. Of the total amount he’s raised, $15,000 came from Kilboy.

Kilboy, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, has spent $38,317 for his campaign as of June 30 including $26,369 in the second quarter.

Kilboy had $13,456 in his fund as of June 30 with $17,500 in outstanding debts.