‘Paige against the machine’: How a Democrat who bucked her party is now targeting a swing House district

• Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is challenging Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan in Pennsylvania’s competitive 8th Congressional District.
• Cognetti gained prominence by running as an independent for mayor. She later won reelection as a Democrat.
• She is framing her campaign around Bresnahan’s stock trading record and pledging to reject corporate PAC money.

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