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U.S. House

Pennsylvania
District 8

Election day: November 3, 2026

Two candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in Pennsylvania's District 8.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 2, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 2, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Paige Cognetti

Democratic

One stated goal A ban on stock trading by members of Congress.

One checked action Re-elected mayor of Scranton with 9,851 votes, 72.5 per cent.

Campaign cash $3,406,710 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $270,100; Leadership PACs: $139,000.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from committees in the 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026: lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees), grouped by the FEC's record of each committee. Each line adds up to the campaign's filed total. The rows sum to 706,427.17 dollars, part of what the campaign raised, not all of it. Donations people made through ActBlue or WinRed are individual contributions and are not in this table. The one corporation PAC row is a law firm's PAC; see her corporate PAC card.

One stated goal A secure border and a finished wall.

One checked action Voted Aye on the final House vote for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21: permanent lower income-tax rates, no tax on tips, $46.55 billion for border barriers, and Medicaid work requirements.

Campaign cash $2,608,048 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $1,896,741; Leadership PACs: $383,400.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from committees in the 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026: lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees), grouped by the FEC's record of each committee. Each line adds up to the campaign's filed total. The rows sum to 3,280,667.97 dollars, part of what the campaign raised, not all of it. Donations people made through ActBlue or WinRed are individual contributions and are not in this table.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

  • Paige CognettiDemocratic
  • Rob Bresnahan JrRepublican

Source: Luzerne County sample ballots, general election November 3, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Paige Cognetti

Background

  • Mayor of Scranton since January 2020, the first woman to hold the office.
  • First elected in 2019 as an independent. Re-elected as a Democrat in 2021 with 72.5 per cent of the vote, and in 2025 with 57 per cent in a four-way race.
  • Her campaign says she worked for the Pennsylvania Auditor General and served on the Scranton School Board.

What they say they want to do

  • A ban on stock trading by members of Congress.
  • No corporate PAC money for her campaign, and a law banning corporate PAC donations to federal campaigns.
  • No pay for Congress until a budget passes, an independent audit of every federal agency, and 18-year term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court.
  • Stronger unions, paid family leave, affordable child care, and capped credit card fees.
  • Data centers kept away from homes, schools and parks, with no tax breaks, their own power supply and local union labor.

What the official record shows

  • Re-elected mayor of Scranton with 9,851 votes, 72.5 per cent.
  • Scranton left Act 47, the state's program for financially distressed cities, about 30 years after entering it.
  • S&P raised Scranton's credit rating to investment grade, BBB-.
  • Re-elected mayor with 9,745 votes, 57 per cent, against three opponents.
  • S&P raised Scranton's rating to A-, with a stable outlook.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 7 committees$270,100
Leadership PACs 40 committees$139,000
PAC - Qualified 27 committees$103,050
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 13 committees$70,500
Labor Organization PACs 9 committees$45,000
House 18 committees$40,000
Membership Organization PACs 5 committees$19,200
Party committees 1 committee$6,728
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 4 committees$6,100
Committees the FEC records no type for 8 committees$5,249
Corporation PACs 1 committee$1,000
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee$500

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from committees in the 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026: lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees), grouped by the FEC's record of each committee. Each line adds up to the campaign's filed total. The rows sum to 706,427.17 dollars, part of what the campaign raised, not all of it. Donations people made through ActBlue or WinRed are individual contributions and are not in this table. The one corporation PAC row is a law firm's PAC; see her corporate PAC card.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Background

  • The 8th District's representative since January 2025. He won in 2024 with 195,663 votes to Matt Cartwright's 189,411.
  • Sits on the Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Small Business committees.
  • His campaign says he became finance chief of his family's electrical contractor, Kuharchik Construction, at 19 and later ran it, then founded RPB Ventures to redevelop buildings in the region.
  • His campaign says he chaired the Joint Apprentice Training Committee and was a trustee of IBEW Local 163's health and annuity funds.

What they say they want to do

  • A secure border and a finished wall.
  • Less federal spending, lower inflation and lower taxes.
  • No rise in the retirement age and no cuts to Social Security or Medicare benefits.
  • Police with the resources to fight fentanyl.
  • Local towns, not developers, deciding where data centers go.

What the official record shows

  • Voted Aye on the final House vote for H.R. 1, which became Public Law 119-21: permanent lower income-tax rates, no tax on tips, $46.55 billion for border barriers, and Medicaid work requirements.
  • Signed the discharge petition for a vote on restoring federal workers' union bargaining rights, then voted for the bill, H.R. 2550, which passed the House 231-195 in December.
  • Filed the last of 18 stock-trade reports for 2025. Together they list more than 600 trades in individual stocks and options during the year.
  • Voted for the House farm bill, H.R. 7567, which includes his local-food program as section 4306. It passed 224-200 and awaits the Senate.
  • Voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act, H.R. 7008, which he cosponsored. It passed the House 232-198; the Senate fell short of 60 votes to take it up on September 30.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 9 committees$1,896,741
Leadership PACs 83 committees$383,400
Trade Association PACs 75 committees$250,250
Corporation PACs 70 committees$236,750
Labor Organization PACs 29 committees$165,000
House 54 committees$131,277
PAC - Qualified 27 committees$102,500
Membership Organization PACs 24 committees$74,000
Cooperative PACs 6 committees$17,000
Corporation w/o capital stock PACs 1 committee$10,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 2 committees$6,000
Party committees 1 committee$5,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,500
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee$1,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee$250

Source: Federal Election Commission

Money from committees in the 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026: lines 11B (party committees), 11C (other political committees) and 12 (transfers from joint fundraising committees), grouped by the FEC's record of each committee. Each line adds up to the campaign's filed total. The rows sum to 3,280,667.97 dollars, part of what the campaign raised, not all of it. Donations people made through ActBlue or WinRed are individual contributions and are not in this table.

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

  • Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up

    Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

  • Paige Cognetti and Rep. Rob Bresnahan each won their party's 8th District nomination unopposed in the May primary, setting up their November contest, WVIA reported.

    As of Oct 1, 2026.

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Democratic

Paige Cognetti

Mayor of Scranton since January 2020.

FEC candidate
H6PA08293
Principal committee
C00918151

Public profiles

  • X @PaigeGCognettiLinked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete archive.
  • Instagram @PaigeForPALinked by the campaign site.
  • Facebook PaigeForPALinked by the campaign site.

Republican

Rob Bresnahan Jr

U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 8th District, in his first term.

FEC candidate
H4PA08124
Principal committee
C00852137

Public profiles

  • X @Rob4PALinked by the campaign site. His congressional office keeps separate accounts.
  • Instagram @Rob4PALinked by the campaign site.
  • Facebook RobforPALinked by the campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Ethics, stock trading and campaign money

Paige Cognetti's campaign backs a congressional stock-trading ban, says it takes no corporate PAC money, and says she owns no individual stocks. Rob Bresnahan's campaign says members should never be allowed to trade stocks. Cognetti's disclosure lists no individual stock; whether $1,000 from a law firm's PAC counts as corporate is not settled. Bresnahan reported over 600 legal stock and option trades in 2025 and voted for a House-passed stock-buying ban that is not law.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

Would ban stock trading by members of Congress, says she owns no individual stocks, and says her campaign takes no corporate PAC money. Would also bar former members from lobbying and sitting members from corporate boards.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Says members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks and profit from what they learn in office.

Health care

Paige Cognetti's campaign would stop insurance middlemen denying prescribed care and drugs, and reform insurance so people stay covered. Rob Bresnahan's campaign opposes raising the retirement age or cutting Social Security or Medicare, and says he told House leaders he would not back Medicaid cuts for vulnerable people. He voted for the 2025 law adding Medicaid work rules for some adults and less back-dated coverage for others; whether that cuts vulnerable people's coverage is unsettled.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

Would stop insurance middlemen from denying care and drugs that doctors prescribe, and reform insurance so people are covered when something happens.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Will not support raising the retirement age or cutting Social Security or Medicare benefits. In 2025 he told House leaders he would not back a bill that cut Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people, and said the House bill he voted for in May 2025 protects them.

Taxes and costs

Paige Cognetti's campaign would cap credit card fees, break up monopolies and use targeted tariffs, not broad ones. Rob Bresnahan's campaign would stop what he calls reckless spending, curb inflation and cut taxes. Under Mayor Cognetti, the state ended Scranton's distressed status and S&P raised its credit rating to A-; the state says recovery began before her term. Bresnahan voted for the 2025 law making 2017 tax rates permanent and adding a tip deduction.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

Would cap credit card fees, break up monopolies that crowd out small businesses, and replace broad tariffs with targeted ones to protect manufacturing.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Would stop what he calls reckless spending, get inflation under control and cut taxes.

Jobs and unions

Paige Cognetti's campaign would make it easier to join and start a union, bring back manufacturing including defense work, and pass paid family leave and affordable child care. Rob Bresnahan's campaign says as a business owner he knows how to create jobs, and calls collective bargaining the cornerstone of fair labor. Bresnahan cosponsored and voted for House-passed bills on first union contracts and federal workers' union rights; the Senate has passed neither.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

Would make it easier to join and start a union, bring manufacturing back including defense work in the region, and pass paid family leave and affordable child care.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Says that as a business owner he knows how to create jobs and will back policies that get Pennsylvania working. Calls collective bargaining the cornerstone of fair labor.

Border and public safety

Paige Cognetti's campaign says as mayor she spent over $4 million on police technology and training and added officers; it lists no border or immigration position on the pages checked. Rob Bresnahan's campaign would secure the border, build the wall and give police what they need to fight fentanyl. Bresnahan voted for a 2026 law giving ICE $31.1 billion and a 2025 law with $46.55 billion for the border wall, among much else.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

Her campaign says that as mayor she spent more than $4 million on police technology and training and added officers. No position on immigration or the border was found on her biography, priorities or anti-corruption pages.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Would secure the border, build the wall and give police what they need to fight fentanyl.

Data centers

Paige Cognetti's campaign says no data center project she has seen in the region should go ahead; any that do should avoid homes, schools and parks, get no tax breaks and supply their own power. Rob Bresnahan's campaign wants towns, not developers, to decide, with legal protection for towns that say no. His 2026 bill to keep developers' suits over local denials out of federal court has not left committee.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

Says no data center project she has seen in the region should go ahead. Any that do should avoid homes, schools and parks, get no tax breaks, supply their own power and use local union labor.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Wants towns, not developers, to decide on data centers, with legal protection for towns that say no and community benefit deals where they say yes.

Farms and food

Paige Cognetti's campaign lists no farm policy position on the pages checked. Rob Bresnahan's campaign wants farm policy that works for growers and a program paying local farmers to supply food banks. The House-passed farm bill, which is not law, includes his program but not his bill's set $200 million a year. His bill to fund WIC in a shutdown stayed in committee; he voted for a 2025 law giving WIC $8.2 billion.

What each campaign says

Paige Cognetti

No position on farm policy was found on her biography, priorities or anti-corruption pages.

Rob Bresnahan Jr

Wants farm policy to work for growers, and a program that pays local farmers to supply food banks and other food programs.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign says she led Scranton out of 30 years of distressed financial status in 2022.

What the record shows ·

The state ended Scranton's 30-year Act 47 distressed status on January 25, 2022; Cognetti became mayor in January 2020, and the state says the turnaround began before she took office.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign says she led Scranton out of 30 years of distressed financial status in 2022.

“in 2022, Paige led Scranton out of a 30-year distressed financial status period”

What the record shows ·

The state ended Scranton's Act 47 distressed status on January 25, 2022, almost exactly 30 years after the city entered it in 1992. Cognetti had been mayor since January 2020.

Limit: The exit was the state's decision, and the state's own account says the city's finances had started to turn around in the mid-to-late 2010s, before she took office.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign says Scranton went from junk bond status to an A- credit rating.

What the record shows ·

S&P rated Scranton BB, below investment grade, from 2016, then raised it step by step to investment grade in 2023 and to A- on January 12, 2026.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign says Scranton went from junk bond status to an A- credit rating.

“brought our city back from junk bond status to A- credit rating”

What the record shows ·

S&P rated the city BB, below investment grade, from 2016. It raised the rating to BB+ in March 2022, to investment grade BBB- in June 2023, to BBB+ in March 2024 and to A- on January 12, 2026.

Limit: A rating is S&P's view, not a city record. S&P credits balanced budgets that did not lean on federal stimulus money, and also a county property reassessment that was not the city's doing.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

Her campaign says she cut costs as mayor, leading to budget surpluses.

What the record shows ·

S&P and city figures show general-fund surpluses in most years since 2019, with a planned deficit in 2024 for a flood-control project.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign says she cut costs as mayor, leading to budget surpluses.

“cut costs, leading to budget surpluses”

What the record shows ·

S&P reports general-fund surpluses of 1 to 6 per cent in 2019-2021 and 3.8 per cent in 2022, and a city estimate of a $3.8 million surplus in 2023. Its January 2026 report says results have been mostly positive since 2020. The city ran a planned deficit in 2024 for a flood-control project, and estimates a $3 million surplus for 2025.

Limit: These are S&P's adjusted figures and the city's own estimates. On her claim of a budget balanced 'for the first time in decades', S&P records an adjusted surplus in 2019, the year before she took office, but the city's own 2019 audit shows general-fund spending $382,623 above revenue; years before 2019 were not established.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

She says she owns no individual stocks and will not buy or trade them if elected.

What the record shows ·

Her August 2026 House disclosure lists bank accounts, mutual and retirement funds and her husband's private company, and no individual stock.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

She says she owns no individual stocks and will not buy or trade them if elected.

“I don't own any individual stocks, and if elected, I won't buy or trade them, period.”

What the record shows ·

Her House candidate disclosure, filed August 13, 2026 and covering January 2025 to July 14, 2026, lists bank and money-market accounts, mutual and retirement funds, and her husband's private company, Caravia Fresh Foods. It lists no individual stock.

Limit: The report covers holdings through July 14, 2026. Her promise about the future cannot be checked yet. Her husband's stake in a private business is not a traded stock.

No assessment

What they say

She says her campaign takes no money from corporate PACs.

What the record shows ·

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.

Quotes, full record and limits

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 ·

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.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says he has long pushed to ban stock trading by members of Congress, a belief he says he has held since before taking office.

What the record shows ·

He filed his own trading ban in 2025, cosponsored another, signed a discharge petition, and voted for the Stop Insider Trading Act the House passed in July 2026.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says he has long pushed to ban stock trading by members of Congress, a belief he says he has held since before taking office.

“Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks and profit off the information they are entrusted with; this is a belief I have held since before taking office”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 3182 on May 5, 2025 to bar members and spouses from trading stock; it drew no cosponsors and has not moved. He cosponsored Rep. Chip Roy's ban, H.R. 5106, in September 2025. On December 10, 2025 he signed the discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 1908, which would ban members from owning stock, not only trading it. He is an original cosponsor of the Stop Insider Trading Act, H.R. 7008, and voted for it when it passed the House 232-198 on July 22, 2026. The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to take it up on September 30.

Limit: The bill that passed, H.R. 7008, bars buying new stocks; members could keep what they own and sell after 7 to 14 days' public notice. His own trading is on the next card.

Not comparable yet

What they say

He says members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks, a belief he says predates his time in office.

What the record shows ·

His 2025 reports list over 600 stock and option trades and say advisers decided from August; 2026 reports list only government bond buys, and his 2025 annual report lists individual stocks.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

He says members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks, a belief he says predates his time in office.

“Members of Congress should never be allowed to trade their own stocks and profit off the information they are entrusted with; this is a belief I have held since before taking office”

What the record shows ·

His 18 stock-trade reports for 2025 list more than 600 trades in individual stocks and options, from January to December 11, 2025. From August 2025 the reports say advisers make the decisions and he has no role. His three 2026 reports list only purchases of government bonds and Treasury notes. His 2025 annual report, filed August 13, 2026, still lists individual stocks among his assets.

Limit: He is talking about what the law should allow. Members could legally trade, and these trades come from his own reports. The count is a hand count of those reports.

No assessment

What they say

In April 2025 he and 11 other Republicans told House leaders they would not back a final bill that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people.

What the record shows ·

He backed work rules and six-month checks for some adults, plus shorter back-dated coverage for the letter's vulnerable groups. CBO gives no uninsured count for those groups.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In April 2025 he and 11 other Republicans told House leaders they would not back a final bill that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people.

“we cannot and will not support a final reconciliation bill that includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 on May 22, 2025 and for the final version on July 3, 2025. The law requires states to set Medicaid work requirements for certain adults, with exemptions for groups such as people under 19, parents of children 13 and under, and people who are blind or disabled (section 71119). It also requires eligibility checks every six months for expansion adults (section 71107) and lowers the cap on state provider taxes (section 71115). For enrollees outside the expansion group, including children, older and disabled people and pregnant women, it shortens back-dated coverage from three months before applying to two (section 71112), and it pauses two rules meant to ease enrollment until 2034 (sections 71101 and 71102).

Why there is no assessment here

The letter names children, seniors, people with disabilities and pregnant women as the people Medicaid is meant to help. The law largely leaves these groups out of its work requirements, but shortens their back-dated coverage (section 71112). Whether that is a cut in coverage, and how many people lose coverage, the record does not settle.

Limit: In May 2025 his office said he blocked cuts to the provider-tax limit and the expansion match rate. The final law lowers the provider-tax limit but keeps the 90 per cent match, except for emergency care for some non-citizens (section 71110). CBO estimates the law's Medicaid changes leave 7.5 million more people uninsured in 2034, and gives no count for the groups the letter names.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says the House farm bill includes his bipartisan Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act.

What the record shows ·

Section 4306 of the House-passed farm bill is the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Program, but without his bill's set $200 million a year; the Senate has not passed it.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says the House farm bill includes his bipartisan Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Act.

“I'm proud this final bill includes my bipartisan legislation to connect families in need with fresh food grown right here in our communities.”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 4782 on July 29, 2025, with Democratic and Republican original cosponsors. Section 4306 of the House farm bill, H.R. 7567, is the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Program. He voted for the farm bill, which passed the House 224-200 on April 30, 2026. The Senate has not passed it.

Limit: "Final bill" means the House-passed version. It is not law, and the section could change in a deal with the Senate. The section copies his bill's program but not its guaranteed $200 million a year; the money would depend on yearly appropriations.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says mothers and babies on WIC should not go hungry because of a government shutdown.

What the record shows ·

He introduced a 2025 bill to fund WIC during a shutdown, which stayed in committee, and voted for a November 2025 spending law that gave WIC $8.2 billion.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says mothers and babies on WIC should not go hungry because of a government shutdown.

“Moms and babies should not go hungry because Washington cannot do its job”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 5836, the Keep WIC Working Act, on October 28, 2025, to fund WIC during any shutdown in fiscal 2026. It is still in committee. On November 12, 2025 he voted for H.R. 5371, which the House cleared 222-209 and which became Public Law 119-37 that day. Its farm and food title, Division B, gives WIC $8.2 billion.

Limit: His own bill would have lasted only until the year's farm and food funding passed, which this law did.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says he broke with his party to restore federal workers' union rights, signing the discharge petition that forced the vote.

What the record shows ·

House Clerk records show he signed the discharge petition on September 2, 2025, and he voted for H.R. 2550, which passed the House in December 2025 and has not passed the Senate.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says he broke with his party to restore federal workers' union rights, signing the discharge petition that forced the vote.

“after Rep. Bresnahan helped secure floor consideration through a successful discharge petition , which he signed on September 2, 2025”

What the record shows ·

The Clerk's signature list for discharge petition 119-6 shows his signature on September 2, 2025. He voted for the motion to discharge on December 10, 2025 and for H.R. 2550 on December 11; it passed 231-195 and went to the Senate. He had cosponsored the bill in April 2025.

Limit: The bill has not passed the Senate, so the bargaining rights are not restored in law.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says the right to bargain collectively is the cornerstone of fair labor.

What the record shows ·

He cosponsored the Faster Labor Contracts Act, setting deadlines for first union contracts, and voted for it when the House passed it in 2026; the Senate has not.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says the right to bargain collectively is the cornerstone of fair labor.

“The right to collectively bargain is the cornerstone of fair labor and a strong middle class”

What the record shows ·

He was an original cosponsor of H.R. 5408, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, introduced September 16, 2025. It sets deadlines for an employer and a new union to start bargaining, then mediation and binding arbitration if they cannot agree on a first contract. On June 9, 2026 he voted for the motion that forced it to the floor and for the bill itself; it passed 230-193 and went to the Senate.

Limit: The Senate has not passed it, so it is not law.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His office says he introduced a bill to protect towns that turn down data centers from lawsuits by developers.

What the record shows ·

He introduced the Local Control Protection Act on June 11, 2026; it would bar federal courts from hearing developers' challenges to local denials and has not left committee.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says he introduced a bill to protect towns that turn down data centers from lawsuits by developers.

“My legislation will protect small boroughs and townships who decide against a data center from the legal wrath of billion-dollar corporations.”

What the record shows ·

He introduced H.R. 9262, the Local Control Protection Act, on June 11, 2026. The bill would bar federal courts from hearing developers' challenges to recorded local denials, and deny federal permits to developers who sue over such a denial in any court. It was sent to committees and has had no further action.

What the filings show

His 2025 annual disclosure lists stock in two data-center companies, Digital Realty Trust and Equinix, each worth $1,001 to $15,000 at year end.

Values are filed ranges. Owning a stock is not evidence of how he acted on a bill.

Limit: Introducing a bill is the whole claim here. The bill would not stop suits in state court, though a developer who sued there would lose federal permits.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says the country must secure the border and build the wall.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1, which became law and sets aside $46.55 billion through 2029 for border barriers and the border wall system.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says the country must secure the border and build the wall.

“We must secure the border, build the wall”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 on passage and on the final House vote. The law, Public Law 119-21, appropriates $46.55 billion through 2029 for border barriers and the border wall system (section 90001).

Limit: The vote was on a large bill that did many other things. How much wall gets built is up to the executive branch.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His office says keeping communities safe starts with securing the border and enforcing the law.

What the record shows ·

He voted for the 2026 Secure America Act, which passed the House 214-212 and became law, giving ICE $31.1 billion and Customs and Border Protection $13 billion.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His office says keeping communities safe starts with securing the border and enforcing the law.

“Keeping our communities safe starts with securing our borders and enforcing the law”

What the record shows ·

He voted for S. 2, the Secure America Act, which passed the House 214-212 on June 9, 2026 and became Public Law 119-98 the next day. It gives ICE $31.1 billion and Customs and Border Protection $13.0 billion for immigration enforcement through September 2029 (sections 201 and 202), among other homeland security money.

Limit: The quote comes from his own release about this vote.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says taxes should be cut so families keep more of what they earn.

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 twice; the law makes the 2017 lower income-tax rates permanent and adds a deduction for tips, among other tax changes.

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says taxes should be cut so families keep more of what they earn.

“cut taxes so you can keep more of the money you earn for your family”

What the record shows ·

He voted for H.R. 1 twice. The law makes the 2017 lower income-tax rates permanent (section 70101) and adds a deduction for tips (section 70201), among other tax changes.

Limit: Who pays less, and by how much, depends on income and is an estimate rather than a record. The same law's spending and Medicaid changes are on other cards.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

CandidateCycle receiptsCycle disbursementsCash on handDebt owed
Paige CognettiC00918151$1,507,168$350,636$3,406,710$0
Rob Bresnahan JrC00852137$714,963$380,208$2,608,048$777,069
Read the filing details

Paige Cognetti: July Quarterly 2026, coverage Apr 30, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1995643, image 202607159875692718.

Rob Bresnahan Jr: July Quarterly 2026 (amended), coverage Apr 30, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Aug 18, 2026, file 2007181, image 202608189899550858.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. Bresnahan's Medicaid letter

    He and 11 other Republicans told House leaders they would not back a final bill that cut Medicaid coverage for vulnerable people.

  2. Bresnahan's stock-trading bill

    He introduced H.R. 3182 to bar members and spouses from trading stock.

  3. The reconciliation act becomes law

    H.R. 1 became Public Law 119-21. Bresnahan voted for it on May 22 and July 3.

  4. Cognetti's campaign committee files with the FEC

    Paige For PA's first filing.

  5. Cognetti re-elected mayor

    She was re-elected mayor of Scranton with 57 per cent.

  6. Bresnahan signs petition for a stock-ownership ban

    He signed the discharge petition to force a vote on H.R. 1908, which would ban members from owning stock.

  7. House passes federal workers' union bill

    H.R. 2550 passed 231-195 after a discharge petition Bresnahan signed. It awaits the Senate.

  8. Bresnahan's last 2025 stock-trade report

    The last of 18 reports for 2025; his 2026 reports list only government bonds and Treasury notes.

  9. Scranton rated A-

    S&P raised Scranton's credit rating to A- from BBB+.

  10. House passes the farm bill

    H.R. 7567 passed 224-200 with Bresnahan's local-food program as section 4306.

  11. Primary election

    Cognetti and Bresnahan were each unopposed for their party's nomination.

  12. House passes the Stop Insider Trading Act

    H.R. 7008 passed 232-198 with Bresnahan's vote. On September 30 the Senate fell short of 60 votes to take it up.

  13. Financial disclosures filed

    Cognetti filed her candidate report and Bresnahan his 2025 annual report.

  14. Ballots set

    County sample ballots print two candidates: Cognetti (Democratic) and Bresnahan (Republican), plus a write-in line.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
Sample ballots dated September 11, 2026; reviewed October 1, 2026.
Candidate field
Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Oct 18, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

  • BallotIncluded

    2 printed candidates, checked October 1, 2026 against the official election record.

  • Race outlookIncluded

    1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Oct 18, 2026.

  • Reported contextIncluded

    1 dated development with original reporting attached.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    16 statement-to-action comparisons across 2 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.

  • Campaign financeIncluded

    FEC filing snapshots for 2 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.

  • PollingNot yet

    No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

No correction has been recorded for this race. Report an error.

Sources84 source records

How we use sources

  1. Luzerne County sample ballots, general election November 3, 2026 (document)
    Sample ballots, general election, November 3, 2026

    Luzerne County Bureau of Elections · Published Sep 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    380-page set of precinct sample ballots stamped September 11, 2026. Representative in Congress, 8th Congressional District: Paige Cognetti (Democratic), then Rob Bresnahan Jr (Republican), then a write-in line. No other candidate is printed.

    official election record

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  2. How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  4. WVIAhttps://www.wvia.org/news/local/2026-05-19/brooks-wins-hotly-contested-7th-district-democratic-congressional-race-bresnahan-and-cognetti-to-square-off-in-8th

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  5. Scranton's Story of Resiliencyhttps://dced.pa.gov/paproudblog/scrantons-story-of-resiliency/

    Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    State agency account: Scranton exited Act 47 on January 25, 2022, almost 30 years after entering it in 1992; Cognetti took office in January 2020 as the city's first woman mayor.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: leaving distressed status

  6. Paige Cognetti for Congresshttps://paigeforpa.com/

    Paige For PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign home page; the committee's FEC-filed website. Links X @PaigeGCognetti, Instagram @PaigeForPA and Facebook PaigeForPA.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  7. Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.https://www.congress.gov/member/robert-bresnahan/B001327

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Member B001327, resolved from Congress.gov's listing of Pennsylvania's 8th District for the 119th Congress. Republican; House service from 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  8. Rob for PAhttps://robforpa.com/

    Rob for PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign home page, paid for by Rob for PA, the committee's FEC-filed website. Issue statements on border, economy, Social Security and Medicare, public safety, jobs. Links X and Instagram @Rob4PA and Facebook RobforPA.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Health care; Taxes and costs; Jobs and unions; Border and public safety; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: building the wall; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Taxes: cutting them

  9. Meet Paige Cognettihttps://paigeforpa.com/meet-paige-cognetti/

    Paige For PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography and record claims as mayor.

    candidate statement

    For: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Border and public safety; Farms and food; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: leaving distressed status; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: budget surpluses

  10. Certified summary results, municipal election, November 2, 2021 (document)

    Lackawanna County Department of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Mayor of Scranton: Paige Cognetti (DEM) 9,851 votes, 72.51 per cent; Darwin Lee Shaw II (REP) 3,175, 23.37 per cent.

    official election record

    For: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money

  11. Certified summary results, municipal election, November 4, 2025 (document)

    Lackawanna County Department of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Mayor of Scranton: Paige Cognetti (DEM) 9,745 votes, 57.02 per cent, ahead of three other candidates.

    official election record

    For: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  12. Prioritieshttps://paigeforpa.com/priorities/

    Paige For PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Platform: reform, family costs, unions, manufacturing, tariffs, data centers.

    candidate statement

    For: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Ethics, stock trading and campaign money; Health care; Taxes and costs; Jobs and unions; Border and public safety; Data centers; Farms and food

  13. 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: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Ethics, stock trading and campaign money; Border and public safety; Farms and food; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: credit rating; Paige Cognetti: Stock trading: her own holdings; Paige Cognetti: Campaign money: corporate PACs

  14. S&P Global Ratings summary: Scranton, Pennsylvania; General Obligation (June 7, 2023) (document)

    S&P Global Ratings, posted by the City of Scranton · Published Jun 7, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Raises the city's rating to BBB- from BB+, investment grade, citing balanced operations without reliance on federal stimulus; the city used no ARPA money for operations. Records adjusted general-fund surpluses of 1 to 6 per cent in audited fiscal 2019-2021 and a preliminary 3.8 per cent surplus in 2022.

    official office record

    For: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: credit rating; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: budget surpluses

  15. S&P Global Ratings research update: Scranton GO rating raised to 'A-' (January 12, 2026) (document)

    S&P Global Ratings, posted by the City of Scranton · Published Jan 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Raises the rating to A- from BBB+, outlook stable. Credits the county reassessment among other things. Says results have been mostly positive since fiscal 2020; fiscal 2024 was the first deficit of five years, planned one-time spending on a FEMA flood-control project; the city estimates a $3 million surplus for 2025.

    official office record

    For: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: credit rating; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: budget surpluses; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  16. 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: Paige Cognetti: background, goals, record and money; Paige Cognetti: Campaign money: corporate PACs

  17. Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 5, 2024 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Pennsylvania, 8th District: Rob Bresnahan, Jr., Republican, 195,663; Matt Cartwright, Democrat, 189,411.

    official election record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  18. Robert P. Bresnahan, member profilehttps://clerk.house.gov/members/B001327

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee and subcommittee assignments: Agriculture, Small Business, and Transportation and Infrastructure.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  19. House member data, 119th Congress (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published September 2, 2026. Lists B001327 on Agriculture (AG00), Transportation and Infrastructure (PW00) and Small Business (SM00).

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  20. About Robhttps://robforpa.com/about/

    Rob for PA · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography: family business, Kuharchik Construction, RPB Ventures, committees, union roles.

    candidate statement

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  21. Biographyhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/about/biography

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Congressional biography; says he became CEO of Kuharchik Construction in 2013.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  22. Bresnahan Introduces Bill to Keep Data Center Decisions in Local Handshttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-introduces-bill-keep-data-center-decisions-local-hands

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jun 11, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of June 11, 2026, on the Local Control Protection Act.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Data centers; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Data centers: local control

  23. Roll Call 190, H.R. 1, on concurring in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 3, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 3, 2025, passed 218-214. Bresnahan: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Health care: Medicaid coverage; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: building the wall; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Taxes: cutting them; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  24. Public Law 119-21 (H.R. 1, 2025 reconciliation act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jul 4, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted July 4, 2025. Sec. 70101 makes the lower income-tax rates permanent; sec. 70201 creates the no-tax-on-tips deduction; secs. 71101-71102 pause the 2023 and 2024 Medicaid, CHIP and Medicare Savings Program enrollment rules until September 30, 2034; sec. 71107 sets six-month eligibility checks for expansion adults; sec. 71110 limits the expansion match rate for emergency care for certain non-citizens; sec. 71112 cuts back-dated coverage to one month before application for expansion adults and two months for all other enrollees, from three; sec. 71115 lowers the provider-tax threshold; sec. 71119 requires Medicaid work requirements with exemptions; sec. 90001 appropriates $46,550,000,000 for border barriers and the wall system. The 90 per cent expansion match rate in SSA 1905(y) is not amended.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Health care: Medicaid coverage; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: building the wall; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Taxes: cutting them; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  25. Discharge petition 119-6 (H. Res. 432)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025060406

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signature list. Robert P. Bresnahan, PA-08, Republican, signed September 2, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  26. Roll Call 332, H.R. 2550, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025332

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 11, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 11, 2025, passed 231-195. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  27. H.R. 2550, Protect America's Workforce Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2550

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Jared Golden. Bresnahan cosponsored April 17, 2025. Passed the House December 11, 2025, 231-195 (Roll Call 332); received in the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights

  28. Financial disclosure index, 2025 filings (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Lists 18 periodic transaction reports from Bresnahan for 2025, filed February 13 to December 19, 2025, and his 2025 annual report filed August 13, 2026. Read with each report on October 1, 2026; together the 2025 reports list about 650 transactions, more than 600 of them in individual stocks or options (a hand count of the filed PDFs).

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades

  29. Periodic transaction report, filing 20033574 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed December 19, 2025. Includes a sale of Kellanova stock on December 11, 2025, the latest individual-stock trade in his 2025 reports. Says an adviser makes his investment decisions.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  30. Roll Call 154, H.R. 7567, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026154

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of April 30, 2026, passed 224-200. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  31. H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7567

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson. Passed the House April 30, 2026, 224-200 (Roll Call 154). Not passed by the Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  32. H.R. 7567, as engrossed in the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7567eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 4306 is the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Program.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  33. Roll Call 280, H.R. 7008, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026280

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of July 22, 2026, passed 232-198. Bresnahan: Yea. On the motion to recommit just before (Roll Call 279) he voted Nay.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  34. H.R. 7008, Stop Insider Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7008

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced January 12, 2026 by Rep. Bryan Steil. Bresnahan is an original cosponsor. Passed the House July 22, 2026, 232-198 (Roll Call 280). On September 30, 2026 the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed, 53-47.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban

  35. Senate Roll Call 253, motion to proceed to H.R. 7008 (cloture)https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00253.htm

    U.S. Senate · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    September 30, 2026. Cloture not invoked, 53-47.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  36. ROB FOR PA, receipts from committees, 2025-2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00852137/?cycle=2026&tab=raising

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026: lines 11B (1 row), 11C (662 rows, 5 memo) and 12 (1,537 rows, 1,471 memo), through June 30, 2026. Each line's itemized sum equals the filed total.

    fec filing

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: background, goals, record and money

  37. Bresnahan Delivers on Longstanding Push to Ban Congressional Stock Tradinghttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-delivers-longstanding-push-ban-congressional-stock-trading

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jul 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of July 22, 2026. Says the bill passed 231-198; the Clerk records 232-198.

    official office record

    For: Ethics, stock trading and campaign money; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades

  38. ICYMI: Bresnahan Sends Letter to House Leadership Affirming Commitment to Medicaidhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/icymi-bresnahan-sends-letter-house-leadership-affirming-commitment-medicaid

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of April 17, 2025, with the text of a letter from Bresnahan and 11 other Republicans to House leaders.

    official office record

    For: Health care; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Health care: Medicaid coverage; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  39. Bresnahan Statement on Reconciliation Votehttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-statement-reconciliation-vote

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of May 22, 2025, on the House's first passage of H.R. 1. Says Medicaid will be protected and lists the work-requirement exemptions.

    official office record

    For: Health care; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Health care: Medicaid coverage

  40. Bresnahan Breaks Party Line to Defend Union Rightshttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-breaks-party-line-defend-union-rights

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release on the House passage of H.R. 2550 (December 11, 2025). Says he signed the discharge petition on September 2, 2025.

    official office record

    For: Jobs and unions; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: faster first contracts

  41. House Passes Farm Bill, Bresnahan-Led Local Farmers Feeding Our Community Acthttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/house-passes-farm-bill-bresnahan-led-local-farmers-feeding-our-community-act

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of April 30, 2026. Says he introduced the bill on July 30, 2025; Congress.gov records July 29.

    official office record

    For: Farms and food; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  42. City of Scranton Credit Rating Jumps Two Grades, Now BBB+https://scrantonpa.gov/city-of-scranton-credit-rating-jumps-two-grades-now-bbb/

    City of Scranton · Published Mar 11, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    City release of March 2024. Says S&P withdrew the city's BB- rating in 2011, gave a junk-level BB rating in 2016, and raised it to BB+ in March 2022. Quotes S&P's March 2024 report: management estimates 2023 closed with a $3.8 million general-fund surplus.

    official office record

    For: Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: credit rating; Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: budget surpluses

  43. City of Scranton, Pennsylvania: Financial Statements, Year Ended December 31, 2019 (document)

    City of Scranton · Published Nov 20, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    The city's audited statements for 2019 (scanned; posted November 2025). The governmental-funds statement on printed page 8 shows General Fund revenue of $86,829,756 and spending of $87,212,379, a shortfall of $382,623 before transfers.

    official office record

    For: Paige Cognetti: Scranton's finances: budget surpluses

  44. Candidate financial disclosure report, filing 10078325 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed August 13, 2026, covering January 1, 2025 to July 14, 2026. Assets are bank and money-market accounts, mutual and retirement funds, and her spouse's private company, Caravia Fresh Foods. No individual stock is listed.

    official office record

    For: Paige Cognetti: Stock trading: her own holdings; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  45. 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: Paige Cognetti: Campaign money: corporate PACs

  46. 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: Paige Cognetti: Campaign money: corporate PACs

  47. H.R. 3182, to prohibit Members of Congress and their spouses from trading stockhttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3182

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced May 5, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. No cosponsors. Referred to the House Administration Committee; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  48. H.R. 5106, Restore Trust in Congress Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5106

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced September 3, 2025 by Rep. Chip Roy. Bresnahan cosponsored on September 4, 2025. No floor action.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban

  49. Discharge petition 119-11 (H. Res. 725, for H.R. 1908)https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025120211

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Petition by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, filed December 2, 2025, to force a vote on H.R. 1908. Signature 37: Robert P. Bresnahan, PA-08, Republican, December 10, 2025. No withdrawal shown when read on October 1, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  50. H.R. 1908, End Congressional Stock Trading Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1908

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced March 6, 2025 by Rep. Tim Burchett. Would prohibit stock trading and ownership by members, spouses and dependent children.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his push for a ban

  51. Periodic transaction report, filing 20024346 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 13, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed February 13, 2025: the first of his 2025 reports, listing stock trades from January 2025.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades

  52. Periodic transaction report, filing 20030857 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 25, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed August 25, 2025: the first of his reports to say that professional advisers make his investment decisions. Earlier 2025 reports carry no such statement.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades

  53. Periodic transaction report, filing 20034044 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Feb 22, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed February 22, 2026: purchases of a Philadelphia municipal bond and a U.S. Treasury note, both coded [GS].

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  54. Periodic transaction report, filing 20034202 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Mar 18, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed March 18, 2026: purchases of a Parkland School District bond and a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission bond, both coded [GS]. With 20035216 these are his only three 2026 reports in the Clerk's 2026 index (read October 1, 2026); all list government bonds or Treasury notes, no individual stock.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  55. Periodic transaction report, filing 20035216 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 12, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Signed August 12, 2026: one purchase of a U.S. Treasury note.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  56. Annual financial disclosure report, 2025, filing 10075331 (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed August 13, 2026. Lists individual stocks among his assets, including Digital Realty Trust and Equinix, each $1,001 to $15,000, and Blackstone, $15,001 to $50,000.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Stock trading: his own trades; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Data centers: local control; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  57. Roll Call 145, H.R. 1, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025145

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published May 22, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of May 22, 2025, passed 215-214 with one Present. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Health care: Medicaid coverage; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: building the wall; Rob Bresnahan Jr: Taxes: cutting them; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  58. Supplemental Cost Estimate: Public Law 119-21, Title VII, Subtitle B, Chapter 1, Medicaidhttps://www.cbo.gov/publication/61837

    Congressional Budget Office · Published Oct 28, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Read in the owner's browser because the site blocks scripts. CBO estimates the Medicaid chapter leaves 7.5 million more people uninsured in 2034.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Health care: Medicaid coverage

  59. H.R. 4782, Local Farmers Feeding our Communities Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4782

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced July 29, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. 73 cosponsors, 50 of them Democrats; 11 original cosponsors including Democrats Pingree, Riley, Budzinski, Costa, Vindman, Panetta and Adams. Referred to committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  60. H.R. 4782, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr4782ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sec. 2(g)(1) directs $200 million a year from the Commodity Credit Corporation, from fiscal 2026 on, plus an authorization of appropriations. The farm bill's section 4306 keeps only an authorization of $200 million a year for 2027-2031, and lowers the cap on administration and technical assistance from 25 to 15 per cent.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Farms: his local-food bill in the farm bill

  61. Bresnahan Introduces Keep WIC Working Act to Protect WIC Funding During Government Shutdownhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-introduces-keep-wic-working-act-protect-wic-funding-during

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Oct 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of October 29, 2025 on H.R. 5836.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Food: keeping WIC funded

  62. H.R. 5836, Keep WIC Working Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5836

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced October 28, 2025. Sponsor: Bresnahan. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations; no later action.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Food: keeping WIC funded

  63. H.R. 5836, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr5836ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Funds WIC during any lapse in Agriculture Department appropriations in fiscal 2026, until that year's Agriculture appropriations are enacted.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Food: keeping WIC funded

  64. Roll Call 285, H.R. 5371, motion to concur in the Senate amendmenthttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025285

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 12, 2025, agreed 222-209. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Food: keeping WIC funded

  65. H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5371

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole. The House agreed to the Senate amendment November 12, 2025 (Roll Call 285); became Public Law 119-37.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Food: keeping WIC funded

  66. Public Law 119-37 (H.R. 5371)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 12, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Approved November 12, 2025. Division B (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration) appropriates $8,200,000,000 for WIC.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Food: keeping WIC funded

  67. Roll Call 321, H. Res. 432, on the motion to dischargehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025321

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Dec 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of December 10, 2025, passed 222-200. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: federal workers' bargaining rights

  68. H.R. 5408, Faster Labor Contracts Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Rep. Donald Norcross. Bresnahan is an original cosponsor (September 16, 2025). Passed the House June 9, 2026, 230-193 (Roll Call 216); received in the Senate June 10.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: faster first contracts

  69. H.R. 5408, as engrossed in the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr5408eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Section 3: bargaining on a first contract starts within 10 days of a request; either side may ask for mediation after 90 days; after 30 more days a 3-person arbitration panel decides, binding for 2 years.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: faster first contracts

  70. Roll Call 212, H.Res. 1140, motion to dischargehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026212

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 9, 2026 on discharging H.Res. 1140, the rule for H.R. 5408. Passed 220-199. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: faster first contracts

  71. Roll Call 216, H.R. 5408, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026216

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 9, 2026, passed 230-193. Bresnahan: Yea.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Unions: faster first contracts

  72. H.R. 9262, Local Control Protection Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9262

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced June 11, 2026. Sponsor: Bresnahan. Referred to Ways and Means and Judiciary; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Data centers: local control

  73. H.R. 9262, as introducedhttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr9262ih

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sec. 2 bars federal courts from hearing challenges to a local government's recorded decision, with documented findings, to block a data center. Sec. 3 bars federal permits while the developer is suing in any court over a local zoning denial. Sec. 4 ties tax credits to a community benefit agreement.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Data centers: local control

  74. Bresnahan Votes to Secure Border, Fund CBP and ICEhttps://bresnahan.house.gov/media/press-releases/bresnahan-votes-secure-border-fund-cbp-and-ice

    Office of Rep. Rob Bresnahan · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Release of June 9, 2026 on his vote for S. 2, the Secure America Act.

    official office record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  75. Roll Call 214, S. 2, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Recorded vote of June 9, 2026, passed 214-212. Bresnahan: Aye.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  76. S. 2, Secure America Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsor: Sen. Lindsey Graham. Passed the House June 9, 2026 (Roll Call 214); became Public Law 119-98 on June 10, 2026.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  77. Public Law 119-98 (S. 2, Secure America Act)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ98/html/PLAW-119publ98.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Approved June 10, 2026. Sec. 201 appropriates $13,020,000,000 to CBP and sec. 202 $31,075,000,000 to ICE for immigration enforcement, both available until September 30, 2029.

    official legislative record

    For: Rob Bresnahan Jr: Border: money for ICE and CBP

  78. Candidates for U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 08, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/house/?state=PA&district=08&election_year=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026: Bresnahan (H4PA08124, committee C00852137), Cognetti (H6PA08293, committee C00918151), Leila Hazou (Green, no committee, no money raised) and Eric Bryan Stone (Democrat). Only Bresnahan and Cognetti are on the ballot.

    fec filing

    For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  79. Certified summary results, general primary, May 19, 2026 (document)

    Lackawanna County Department of Elections · Published Jun 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Certified June 8, 2026. In the county's share of the 8th District, Cognetti was the only name on the Democratic ballot (22,743 votes) and Bresnahan the only name on the Republican ballot (7,901).

    official election record

    For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  80. Official notice of election for military and overseas voters, November 3, 2026 (document)

    Lackawanna County Department of Elections · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Created September 1, 2026. Lists two candidates for Representative in Congress, 8th District: Paige Cognetti, Democratic, and Rob Bresnahan Jr, Republican.

    official election record

    For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  81. PAIGE FOR PA, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee C00918151, covering April 30 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026, file 1995643. The most recent report; not amended. Committee C00918151; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-04-30 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1995643; image 202607159875692718.

    fec filing

    For: Campaign finance

  82. ROB FOR PA, July Quarterly 2026 (amended) (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee C00852137, covering April 30 to June 30, 2026, amendment received August 18, 2026, file 2007181; it replaces the July 15 original (file 1996900) with the same totals. Debts of $777,068.50 are carried forward. Committee C00852137; July Quarterly 2026 (amended); coverage 2026-04-30 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-08-18; file 2007181; image 202608189899550858.

    fec filing

    For: Campaign finance

  83. H.R. 7008, as engrossed in the Househttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr7008eh

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    New 5 U.S.C. 13152: members, spouses and dependent children may not buy covered investments (publicly traded securities), and may sell only after a public notice 7 to 14 days ahead. It does not require selling existing holdings.

    official legislative record

    For: Race desk evidence

  84. H. Res. 432, providing for consideration of H.R. 2550https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/432

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Discharge petition 119-6 filed June 4, 2025. Motion to discharge agreed December 10, 2025, 222-200 (Roll Call 321); resolution agreed December 11, 2025 (Roll Call 331).

    official legislative record

    For: Race desk evidence