Scranton Mayor of Paige Cognetti She did it official on Tuesday – she is a candidate for a democratic nomination for the 8th Congress District in Pennsylvania Rep. Rob Bresnahan.
“Nobody works hard than the inhabitants of the North -Eastern Pennsylvania, and we are tired of corrupt politicians, lying to us and leaving behind us,” said Cognetti in their campaign. “When I ran to the mayor for the first time, I ran as an independent one against a democratic machine, which still wanted to use the city’s government to use. I took the Town Hall cleaning machine and we started working for people, crossing bureaucracy, repairing our finances, attracting new companies, putting more clays on the beating, building new parks and real reforms. We sell. “
36. The Mayor of the City of Scron, Cognetti is a north -western Pacific from the Pacific, which moved to Nep over ten years ago. A graduate of the University of Oregon from MBA at Harvard Business School, she was a senior adviser to Undersecretary for International Affairs in Obama’s first administration. Cognetti spent two years in the Goldman Sachs investment management department and a year as a special assistant General auditor Eugene Depasquale.
Cognetti, throughout his life, a democrat, ran for the mayor in 2019 as independent to capture special elections Bill Courtright’s The transfer of public corruption and returned to the Democratic Party, winning the full term in 2021.
Cognetti leaves the gate with the support of some well -known Pennsylvania.
“As the mayor of Scanton, Paige Cognetti listens, cares and fights for problems that are important-for paid work and safer communities,” he said Lieutenant Austin Davis. “It is a kind of leadership of the Pennsylvania family deserve it and I am proud of supporting her campaign for the Congress.”
“The mayor of Paige Cognetti knows how to overthrow the corrupt political machine,” he said Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-17). “She did it in scranton, where she improved the government, and stood in the heart of hard -working people. And when Paige sees corruption in Washington, he not only complains about it – he stands high and fights. Regardless of whether politicians vote to make your life a ruling or collecting them from corrupt actions, she is ready to keep her campaign. Congress in Pennsylvania. “
And she even linked the wishes of a man who had previously kept his place before 2024.
“The proven leadership of the mayor of Paige Cognetti in scranton, commitment to transparency and innovative policies, makes it an ideal candidate for Congress in the 8th district of Pennsylvania,” said the former Congressman of Nepa Matt Cartwright. “Her vision and tireless support for working families promise real progress for our communities. I definitely support her candidacy for Congress and thank her for courage and perseverance to speed up and do it.”
“Congresmen Rob Bresnahan lied when he promised that he would ban the trading of congress actions, and lied when he said that he would protect access to healthcare,” she said. “Even worse, it is that Bresnahan gains our pain by playing on the stock exchange while voting to screw us in Washington. We will not sit like Day Bresnahan trading our future. So I run against the machine again to stand up for the north -eastern residents of Pennsylvania and make the congress act.”
Bresnahan drove around the hotel President Donald Trump to victory in November last year, for a long time Rep. Matt Cartwright 6,200 votes. The 35-year-old graduate of the University of Scranton has been under fire since he began his term for numerous transactions of shares, which he made in his term, after a campaign on the ban on trading actions by Congress members. Bresnahan has made over 375 transactions over the past six months, in the amount of over $ 5 million, from his brokerage account.
“Paige Cognetti started a vain campaign for Congress, still applying for a new date when the mayor of Scranton tells you everything you need to know about your priorities,” said Rob for the spokesman Chris Pack. “The mayor of Cognetti is an extremely left extremist who supported a radical program, from open borders and eliminating Medicaid to force everyone to government healthcare, to the withdrawal of the police, prohibiting fracturing, and even supporting operations financed by taxpayers in Pennstern, in which illegal immigrants and we do not expect that Immigrants.
In the race, which will be carefully observed not only by Nep, but also the country, the National Republican Campaign Committee revealed its position.
“When jumping into the congress race, before she finished her re-election offer to the mayor, Paige Cognetti shows voters exactly where her real priorities are lying,” said the spokeswoman Reilly Richardson in a statement. “From the defense of the police and prohibiting fracturing to government healthcare, open borders and raising taxes, she will not have a chance against Rob Bresnahan, who still provides results for the north-eastern Pennsylvania.”
