Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, left, watches during his ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

YOUNGSTOWN — U.S. Congressman Michael Rulli’s campaign fund nearly doubled its amount in the second quarter, but has a little more than $200,000 in it as of June 30.

Rullil, a Salem Republican, collected $258,996 in the second quarter between April 1 and June 30, according to campaign finance reports. First elected in June 2024 to an unexpired term and serving his first full two-year term representing the 6th District, Rulli spent $171,162.

Rulli nearly doubled his campaign fund surplus in the second quarter, going from $117,555 as of March 31 to $205,390 in the second quarter.

During that time, Rulli received $124,500 from PACs, $60,716 from individual donors and a $73,780 transfer from the Rulli Victory Fund.

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

Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, left, participate in his ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Numerous members of Congress have PACs and leadership committees.

Rulli’s campaign committee received $5,000 maximum contributions in the quarter from six PACS representing Charter Communications; the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association; the American Crystal Sugar Co.; Teamsters; operating engineers; and one led by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana.

Rulli’s largest expense in the quarter was $50,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee, which works to elect Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives. Rulli’s campaign fund also paid $38,223 to the Paroska Group of Cleveland and $22,377 to Grand Valley Consulting LLC of Washington, D.C., for fundraising consulting, $21,136 to American Express for credit card payments and $10,117 to H&F Strategies of Youngstown for campaign consulting.

Through the first six months of the year, Rulli’s campaign raised $415,112 and spent $317,781.

The Rulli Victory Fund raised and spent $78,518 in the second quarter. All of the money raised in the quarter went to Rulli’s campaign fund.

The leadership PAC raised $2,936 in the second quarter, all from the Rulli Victory Fund.

The leadership PAC spent $19,791 in the quarter with $17,601 going to the Paroska Group for fundraising consulting.

Democrat Michael L. Kripchak of Youngstown, who lost to Rulli in the June 2024 special and November 2024 general elections, reported not raising or spending any money in the second quarter — just like the first quarter. He had $6,111 in his fund as of June 30.

Malcolm Ritchie of Dover filed a statement of candidacy with the FEC on May 13 to run for the 6th District seat in the Democratic primary.

Ritchie reported raising $2,520 in the quarter with $2,000 coming from himself. His campaign spent $580 in the quarter with $500 listed as going to Ritchie for “in kind — legal expenses.”

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.