| Today, the DCCC announced that Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti has been added to the first round of the committee’s highly competitive ‘Red to Blue’ program, signaling that the DCCC is invested in providing Paige, a top-tier candidate, with the support needed to continue building a winning campaign as she runs for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District.
“Paige Cognetti fights political corruption wherever she sees it, because she believes that our government should work for the people. She’ll be an independent voice in Congress that will lower costs for working people and put NEPA first,” said DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene.
Paige Cognetti is a reformer who is willing to take on anyone to root out corruption and make government work for the people it’s supposed to serve. She first ran for Mayor of Scranton as an independent with a pledge to take on her own party and clean up a corrupt city hall — her campaign even earned the nickname “Paige Against the Machine.” Now in her third term as Mayor, Paige has delivered on her promise to do things differently. She’s breathed new life into Scranton by putting more cops on the beat and revitalizing the city’s finances. Her record stands in stark contrast to Congressman Rob Bresnahan, who has made himself the poster-child of D.C. corruption by breaking his promise to ban congressional stock trading and instead becoming one of the most active stock traders in all of Congress. The contrast couldn’t be clearer: while Bresnahan makes a quick buck, Paige is delivering for Northeastern Pennsylvanians.
Non-partisan race rater Inside Elections recently reported that PA-08 has become increasingly competitive, specifically citing Paige’s strength as a candidate and Rob Bresnahan’s vulnerability after “a deluge of stories about the volume and fortunate timing of many of his trades” in Congress. Even Republicans have privately and publicly worried that Bresnahan’s corruption will cost him his seat in November.
Red to Blue is a highly competitive and battle-tested DCCC program that arms top-tier candidates with organizational and fundraising support to help them continue building winning campaigns. Additionally, through Red to Blue the DCCC provides strategic guidance, staff resources, candidate trainings, fundraising support, and more. |
