Rep. Bill Johnson has more than $1M in campaign fund; opponent has nothing
YOUNGSTOWN
U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-6th, has raised $1,187,007 toward his re-election effort while his Democratic challenger recently filed paperwork to start collecting money for his campaign fund.
Johnson, of Marietta, had $1,033,840 in his campaign account as of March 31, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.
His campaign raised $187,340 during the first three months of the year with $127,200 of it coming from political action committees.
That includes $5,000 each from the American Chemistry Council PAC of Washington, D.C., and the Energy Transfer Employee Management Co. PAC of Austin, Texas; and $4,000 each from the American College of Surgeons Professional Association PAC of Washington, D.C., National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of Falls Church, Va., and Verizon Communications Inc. Good Government Club of Washington, D.C.
During the first three months of this year, Johnson’s campaign spent $52,253, including $7,000 to the Ohio Republican Party for campaign materials and a $20,000 contribution to the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Johnson has a $286 airline travel expense on his first-quarter report, but no hotel costs.
Belpre Mayor Michael L. Lorentz, Johnson’s Democratic challenger, filed a statement of organization March 30 with the FEC, and didn’t submit a campaign finance report for the first three months of the year.
The 18-county 6th Congressional District includes all of Columbiana County and a southern portion of Mahoning County.
In the 13th Congressional District, incumbent Tim Ryan, a Democrat from Howland, has raised $772,690 toward his re-election, including $71,696 in the first three months of this year. Of the money raised in the first quarter, $61,750 came from PACs.
His campaign received $3,000 contributions from Huntington Ingalls Industries PAC of Washington, D.C., Employees of Northrop Grumman Corp. PAC of Falls Church, Va., and the Honeywell International PAC of Washington, D.C.
Ryan had $534,793 in his campaign fund as of March 31.
Ryan’s campaign spent $44,998 in the first quarter, including a $5,000 contribution to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
His campaign spent $1,502 on two airline flights as well as $1,900 for a hotel stay at the Hilton Garden Inn in El Segundo, Calif.; $273 for lodging at the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, and $1,150 for a “caucus retreat” at the Hyatt Hotel in Baltimore.
Richard A. Morckel of Akron, his Republican opponent, submitted a statement of organization to the FEC on Feb. 22, but didn’t turn in a campaign finance report for the first quarter of the year.
The five-county 13th District includes most of Mahoning and Trumbull counties.