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Paige Cognetti

Running for U.S. House District 8 — 2026 election

Raised · 2026 cycle

$4.6M

Source: FEC

As of July 2026, Paige Cognetti is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 8 in Pennsylvania in the 2026 election. Federal Election Commission filings report $4,609,589 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle. All figures on this page are drawn from primary sources — FEC filings, congressional records, and STOCK Act disclosures — and link back to them.

Data last updated July 2026.

Paige Cognetti is the Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first woman to hold the office, serving since 2020 after winning a 2019 special election. She holds a B.A. from the University of Oregon and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, and previously served on the Scranton School Board (2017–2018) and as a special assistant to Pennsylvania State Auditor Eugene DePasquale. She is the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District in 2026.

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84% of fundraising comes from individual donors — one of the more grassroots-funded profiles in this cycle.

$4.6M

Total raised

$1.2M

Total spent

$3.4M

Cash on hand

Where the money comes from

Individual donations ≥$200$3.2M · 70%
Small dollar donations <$200$620K · 13%
PAC contributions$430K · 9%
Party committee contributions$7K · 0%
Transfers from other committees$270K · 6%
Loans and other receipts$41K · 1%

Reflects money received by the campaign committee itself. “Loans and other receipts” covers candidate or bank loans, offsets to operating expenditures, interest and other non-contribution receipts reported to the FEC. Independent expenditures by super PACs are not included.

Totals through 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC