Paige Cognetti

SCRANTON, PA – Today, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti declared victory in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District race. “Tonight, Northeastern Pennsylvania sent an unmistakable message. We’re tired of big corporations and wealthy donors calling the shots and rigging the system against the rest of us. And we’re tired...

Paige: “Last night at the debate, [Bresnahan] was saying that he ‘has Pennsylvanians in mind.’ He wouldn’t have voted for the Iran War six times, the tariffs eight times, and voted to cut $1 trillion from Medicaid while giving himself a tax break if that were the case.” SCRANTON, PA – Scranton Mayor and candidate...

Democratic congressional candidate and Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti joins Morning Joe to discuss her campaign against GOP incumbent Rob Bresnahan Jr. Currently rated a “toss-up” by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, the race for Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district is key for Democrats in their quest to...

Paige highlighted her successful record delivering for NEPA while holding Congressman Rob Bresnahan accountable for the harm he’s brought to our community PITTSTON, PA – Scranton Mayor and candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District Paige Cognetti tonight won a decisive victory on the debate...

Paige: “People really want to see change. They want to see that you’re there for them and you’re not there to build your career and pad your pockets.” SCRANTON, PA – Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti and candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District recently joined Jon Favreau on Crooked Media’s...

Paige’s strongest fundraising quarter to date shows the growing momentum behind her campaign to flip PA-08 SCRANTON, PA – Scranton Mayor and candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District Paige Cognetti today announced her campaign raised nearly $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2026 –...

The blue-and-yellow signs outside Paige Cognetti’s Congressional campaign headquarters drive home her message: “Ban Corporate PAC Money,” “Ban Congressional Stock Trading,” and “Fight Washington Corruption.” Cognetti, the Democratic mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has made “corruption” synonymous with issues top of...

While Bresnahan epitomizes Washington corruption, Paige has a plan to tackle it and deliver for NEPA SCRANTON, PA – Today, Paige Cognetti’s campaign for Congress launched two new ads pledging to take on Washington corruption and shining a light on Rob Bresnahan’s record of self-enrichment at the expense of...

Local “Ad Watch” column highlights the misleading claims in the campaign and PAC ads backing Bresnahan SCRANTON, PA – Campaign ads from Rob Bresnahan and the PACs supporting him are “misleading at best,” “ethically questionable,” and make “overstated” claims about Paige Cognetti’s record in Scranton, according to...

Paige Cognetti, running in Pennsylvania, is one of the Democrats making the case, as one voter put it, that elections don’t need to be “between shit and diarrhea.” Paige Cognetti is trying to be the kind of Democratic candidate Republicans want to have a beer with. It’s why her congressional campaign held a meet and...

Paige met with voters across all five counties and every corner of NEPA, sharing her message of rooting out the corruption in Washington that’s costing us SCRANTON, PA – Scranton Mayor and candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District Paige Cognetti visited over a dozen towns and cities across...

“You have to be able to call out corruption wherever you see it” SCRANTON, PA – Paige Cognetti joined The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi to talk about her record of rooting out corruption, how she’s put public service ahead of self-interest, and her plans to fight for reform in Congress and shake up a broken Washington....

The new ad is “misleading at best” and “ethically questionable” according to local “Ad Watch” story; 28/22 and WVIA also call out Bresnahan’s false claims SCRANTON, PA – Rob Bresnahan has once again been caught lying to the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania. New reporting from several local outlets, including an...

While Rob spends his time in office playing the stock market, Paige will “crack down on price gouging, make the big guys pay their fair share, and fight corruption.” SCRANTON, PA – Today, Paige Cognetti’s campaign for Congress launched two new ads highlighting the choice in this race between a reformer who will...