Recently, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti announced she has raised more than $640K in the fourth quarter of 2025, bringing her total fundraising haul up to over $1.1 million since launching her campaign for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th District against Republican Congressman Rob Bresnahan.
Cognetti entered 2026 with more than $778,000 cash on hand. The strong quarter demonstrates that Northeastern Pennsylvanians are continuing to rally behind Cognetti’s mission to root out corruption in Washington.
“I’m grateful for the outpouring of support we’ve received for our campaign to take on corruption in Washington and build a government that works as hard as the people it’s supposed to represent,” said Cognetti. “It wasn’t my plan to run for Congress, but I couldn’t sit by while Congressman Rob Bresnahan used his office to trade hundreds of stocks and vote to hurt our community. We are building a campaign that puts NEPA first.”
Cognetti has made tackling corruption a core part of her mission as mayor, and it’s a major reason why she is stepping up to run against Congressman Rob Bresnahan. Bresnahan campaigned on a pledge to ban congressional stock trading, but has instead made more than 600 trades worth millions in assets since arriving in Washington. Reporting revealed that Bresnahan “sold off between $100,001 and $250,000 worth of bonds issued by the Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority,” which “came after a report identified 10 rural hospitals in Pennsylvania that faced immediate risk of closure.” It has also been reported that Bresnahan has traded energy, defense, and transportation stocks around key votes and market shifts. Learn more at www.paigeforpa.com.
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