(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti will officially face off against Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan in November for Pennsylvania\u2019s 8th Congressional District.<\/p>\n
Bresnahan, an electrical contractor, flipped the region \u2013 which covers five counties along the borders of New York and New Jersey \u2013 in 2024, unseating a six-term incumbent Democrat and shifting the state\u2019s congressional delegation 10-7 Republican.<\/p>\n
Democrats ever since have had their sights set on reclaiming the seat, pouring millions into vulnerable seats across the state. Cognetti has raised $3.1 million since entering the race in September. Earlier this year, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee earmarked the race for focused support \u2013 one of four in the commonwealth.<\/p>\n
Both candidates added to their campaign cash on hand over the last three months, although the advantage that Bresnahan held entering the year has also started to narrow.<\/p>\n
As of April 30, Bresnahan\u2019s campaign had $2.27 million on hand, while Cognetti\u2019s campaign carried $2.25 million one day before the beginning of May.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At a similar point in the previous campaign cycle, Cartwright, the incumbent, held a much larger cash-on-hand advantage. In April 2024, Cartwright\u2019s campaign had $3.15 million on hand<\/a>, while Bresnahan\u2019s campaign had just under $835,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n Bresnahan\u2019s campaign has outspent Cognetti\u2019s last month. From the beginning of April until the 29th of the same month, his campaign spent $255,000, while her campaign spent just under $170,000. Since the beginning of 2026, Bresnahan\u2019s campaign has spent $685,000, while Cognetti\u2019s has spent just over $510,000.<\/p>\n It\u2019s anticipated to be a close contest in November, with the Cook Political Report deeming the race a \u201ctoss up.\u201d<\/p>\n John Cole contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti will officially face off against Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5179,8552,902,2497,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-265447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-american-politicians","tag-democratic-party-united-states","tag-elections","tag-paige-cognetti","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}