PA-08: Scranton mayor (D) launches House bid in Pennsylvania swing district
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti (D) launched her bid for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District on Tuesday, teeing up a challenge against incumbent Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.).
In her launch video, Cognetti repeatedly hit Bresnahan over stock trading and his vote supporting the Republican mega bill and its impact on Medicaid access.
“Congressman Rob Bresnahan lied when he promised he would ban congressional stock trading, and he lied when he said he would protect access to health care. What’s even worse is that Bresnahan is profiting off our pain, playing the stock market while voting to screw us over in Washington,” Cognetti said in a statement.
Cognetti, who ran her first mayoral bid as an independent, noted she took on “the Democratic machine at City Hall.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5481278-cognetti-challenges-incumbent-bresnahan/