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Paige Cognetti flips Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, defeats Rob Bresnahan

Democrat Paige Cognetti, Scranton's mayor, defeated Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan in Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, flipping a closely watched seat.

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Bresnahan’s account bought oil stocks before Big Beautiful Bill vote

Disclosures show Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s account bought oil and equipment stocks a week before the House first passed the megabill.

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan stands at a podium addressing an audience from a stage.
Bresnahan unloaded Medicaid insurer stock then voted to cut Medicaid

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) sold stock in at least nine health care and Medicaid-related companies weeks before voting to approve the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which slashed Medicaid funding.

Side-by-side photos of U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan speaking into a microphone on the left and Paige Cognetti smiling on the right.
Bresnahan vs. Cognetti: What’s at stake in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District

Voters in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District are facing higher health care and living costs. Rep. Rob Bresnahan voted for legislation that slashed Medicaid and supported tariffs that raised prices on everyday goods. Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti says it’s time to stop politicians from enriching themselves at the public's expense.

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Ryan Mackenzie flip-flops on ACA, which he once called ‘an infringement upon our rights’

The swing-district lawmaker has a decade-long history of opposition to both the program and health care expansion in Pennsylvania.

FACT CHECK: Rob Bresnahan’s claim on Mike Johnson agreeing to ACA subsidies vote is false

While speaking about extending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credit subsidies, U.S. Rep Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) falsely claimed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would allow a vote to extend them.

Derrick Van Orden decries closing of a veteran shelter he did nothing to preserve

U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) is trying to blame the shutdown of a veterans housing shelter in his district on Democrats, even as he personally balked at opportunities to save it.

Report: Millionaire Congressman Rob Bresnahan owns a secret helicopter

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), who is reportedly worth $69 million, owns a brand new helicopter.

Republican reportedly worth $69 million, who ran on banning congressional stock trading, refuses to stop doing it

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) has gone back on his campaign promise to ban congressional stock trading, and he plans to keep trading stocks himself, saying he will “lose money and go broke” if he stops trading.