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Checked against the record · Pennsylvania 8th District 2026

Does Paige Cognetti take money from corporate PACs?

No assessment. Her campaign took $1,000 from a corporation-connected law-firm PAC in June 2026, with no refund through June 30. The FEC category may differ from her pledge's meaning.

Paige Cognetti

Campaign money: corporate PACs

No assessment

What they say

She says her campaign takes no money from corporate PACs.

“As a candidate for Congress, I don't take a dime from corporate PACs.”

What the record shows · Jun 30, 2026

Through June 30, 2026 her campaign took $429,599 from other political committees. One $1,000 contribution, on June 18, 2026, came from the Duane Morris Government Committee, a law firm's PAC that the FEC records as connected to a corporation. No refund of it appears through June 30.

Why there is no assessment here

Whether a law firm's PAC is the kind of corporate PAC she means, and whether the $1,000 was returned after June 30, the filings so far do not say. Her October report, due October 15, will show any refund.

Limit: It is one $1,000 contribution among her receipts from committees. The FEC's label for the donor is not necessarily how the campaign classes it.

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  1. Anti-Corruption Agendahttps://paigeforpa.com/anti-corruption-agenda/

    Paige For PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Stock trading ban, corporate PAC money, No Budget No Pay, term limits, audits, lobbying and board bans.

    candidate statement

    For: Does Paige Cognetti take money from corporate PACs?

  2. PAIGE FOR PA, receipts from committees, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00918151/?cycle=2026&tab=raising

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: lines 11B (3 rows), 11C (218 rows, 24 memo) and 12 (259 rows, 243 memo), through June 30, 2026. Each line's itemized sum equals the filed total.

    fec filing

    For: Does Paige Cognetti take money from corporate PACs?

  3. PAIGE FOR PA, Schedule A, line 11C, image 202607159875693717https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875693717

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Receipt of $1,000 on June 18, 2026 from the Duane Morris Government Committee (C00364133). No refund to it appears on her lines 20A-20C through June 30, 2026.

    fec filing

    For: Does Paige Cognetti take money from corporate PACs?

  4. DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00364133/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The FEC records it as a qualified PAC whose connected organization type is Corporation, and as a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Duane Morris is a law firm.

    fec filing

    For: Does Paige Cognetti take money from corporate PACs?

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