Paige Cognetti projected to win Pennsylvania’s 8th District
Politics · First reported 4 Nov, 02:08 · Updated 02:34
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is projected to defeat freshman incumbent Rep. Rob Bresnahan and flip Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. The reports note Cognetti’s anti-corruption message and scrutiny of Bresnahan’s stock trading.
- Paige Cognetti, Scranton’s mayor, is projected to defeat freshman Republican incumbent Rob Bresnahan in Pennsylvania’s 8th District.
- The reports describe the result as a Democratic flip of the district; the right-side report says the Associated Press called the race at 10:41 p.m.
- Coverage links Cognetti’s campaign to an anti-corruption message and notes scrutiny of Bresnahan’s stock trading during his first term.
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- Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District
- Projected winner
- Paige Cognetti, Scranton mayor
- Defeated incumbent
- Rep. Rob Bresnahan, a freshman Republican
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- Associated Press call
- 10:41 p.m.
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- Other earlier Lux headlines described House victories in Florida and New York, including races for open seats. [9ed1a0c1-6194-441c-bdb5-aa4808f7ad63; fd9992f7-6644-4509-bff4-d765585c1f27; 2c2e4c23-b4df-4437-8681-32974038c3a8]
- An earlier Lux story said Claire Valdez was projected to win New York’s 7th District against Republican Melvin Rivera. [b8b080a5-fa2b-4c5c-9228-3378abc27f56]
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