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Races › Pennsylvania › 8th District
Includes Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Nanticoke, Carbondale and Pittston
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · general election
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Filing with the FEC is a disclosure, not a place on the ballot. Money raised is not a forecast.
November nominees first, then by money raised. Bars are in party color; raised includes loans from the candidate, and spent can exceed raised when a campaign spends money left from earlier cycles.
House: bars drawn to $7.5M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
Pennsylvania, statewide
No election this year
8th Congressional District4 filed with the FEC$14M raised by the field
Paige Cognetti · Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
and 10 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Won the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 154,018 votes (54.5%)
and 3 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 128,714 votes (45.5%) · 2 of 2
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. holds this House seat; the current term began January 2025.
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
FEC filings
Held by Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. R (lost the general election)
Every public poll of the PA-08 House race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
Election November 3, 2026 · 2 polls of this matchup
Each dot is a poll. A line is drawn from the third nonpartisan poll; there are 2 so far. How polls are read
Paige Cognetti won. The race has been called, but the count we have stopped at 85.28% reporting, so the polls are not measured against the margin.
| Poll | Paige Cognetti | Rob Bresnahan Jr. | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New York Times/Siena Universityended Oct 22 | 50.5% | 46.5% | Paige Cognetti +4.1 |
| Emerson Collegeended Oct 14 | 52% | 48% | Paige Cognetti +4 |
| Median of the final polls | Paige Cognetti +4.1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result, 85.28% reporting | 54.5% | 45.5% | — |
November 3, 2026 · Result · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for; a margin is compared once 95% is reported
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026 · 3 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
$25.2M from outside groups for or against these candidates, through Nov 5, 2026.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.