PHOTO RELEASE: Paige Cognetti Hits Over A Dozen Stops Across NEPA in September As Momentum Builds Behind Her Campaign

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 all five of the district’s counties as she meets with Northeastern Pennsylvanians to talk about her record cleaning up corruption, discuss the issues that matter to voters and their families, and highlight how she will fight for NEPA in Washington.

Over the last few weeks, Paige attended several community events and festivals to meet voters where they’re at. She also launched her “Pints with Paige” brewery tour and hosted stops in East Stroudsburg, Honesdale, Pittston, and Tannersville. Paige will continue this swing across Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District in October to hear from voters in every corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Monroe County brewery stop at ShawneeCraft Brewing Company.

LACKAWANNA

La Festa Italiana in Scranton.

Paige and voters at the Jessup Block Party.

Our Lady of the Abingtons Festival in Dalton.

Felittese Italian Festival in Old Forge.

LUZERNE

Luzerne County brewery stop in Pittston.

Wilkes-Barre Multicultural Festival.

Dallas Harvest Festival.

Paige grabs lunch at a local business in Hazleton.

MONROE

StroudFest in Stroudsburg.

Brewery tour kickoff in Tannersville.

Mt. Pocono Harvest Fest.

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Paige and supporters in Blooming Grove.

WAYNE

Wayne County brewery stop at Here and Now Brewing Company.

Paige chatting with Future Farmers of America members at a picnic in Honesdale.

ABOUT PAIGE:

Paige Cognetti lives in Scranton with her husband and two daughters. Prior to her tenure as Mayor, Paige served on the Scranton School Board in 2017 and as a special assistant to the Pennsylvania Auditor General in 2018 where she worked to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in government. 

In 2019, Paige ran for mayor of Scranton as an Independent, taking on the local political establishment in a campaign that was referred to as “Paige Against The Machine.” Paige chose to run as an Independent after the then-mayor resigned after pleading guilty to federal bribery, conspiracy and extortion charges. Paige stunned Scranton’s political establishment when she won thanks to her promise to clean up the corruption in Scranton. Paige was the first woman ever elected Scranton Mayor, and was eight months pregnant when she won. Paige ran for reelection as a Democrat in 2021, winning a full term with over 71% of the vote and beating the Machine again. She beat the longtime local Democratic boss with 76% of the vote in the Democratic Primary in May of 2025.  

As Mayor of Scranton, Paige has made government reform a top priority. In office she has:

• Turned down the city government car and gas card
• Eliminated cash payments and took on no bid contracts
• Took on utilities and fought big businesses gouging consumers
• Held more than 100 public events across every neighborhood in the city
• Cut red tape, slashing building permit fees 
• Led the city’s credit rating to investment-grade status
• Saved millions for taxpayers by refinancing bonds

Paige has reinvigorated the city’s finances and helped attract new businesses while simultaneously laying a solid foundation for a brighter future — restoring confidence through responsible government and reimagining outdated ways of doing business. 

Now Paige is running for Congress to clean up corruption in Washington and give the people of NEPA a Congresswoman who will work just as hard as they do. Congressman 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. When pressed by WVIA on why he won’t stop trading stocks while in office, Bresnahan – who has reported assets in the tens of millions – complained that he did not want to “lose money and go broke.” Most recently, unearthed audio revealed that Bresnahan admitted to speaking with his financial advisor about his upcoming stock positions while voting in Congress.

For more on Paige’s campaign, go to PaigeforPA.com.

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