Pennsylvania U.S. House District 8

The count.

Checking the election sources…

Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats$2.4M against Paige Cognetti
• HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$1.2M against Rob Bresnahan
• GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$860K against Rob Bresnahan
• AB PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$368K against Rob Bresnahan
• NRDC ACTION VOTESSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$250K against Rob Bresnahan
• WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries$103K for Paige Cognetti
• THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUNDSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats$56K against Paige Cognetti
• PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$41K for Paige Cognetti
• RURAL FREEDOM NETWORKSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$32K for Paige Cognetti · $3,016 against Rob Bresnahan
• SENIORS EMPOWERING AN EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY (SEED-PAC)Super PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$23K for Paige Cognetti

Each campaign.

• Paige CognettiFEC filing: Paige Cognetti · H6PA08293 ↗

  Raised

  $7.0M

  Spent

  $7.3M

  Cash on hand

  $244K

  • Individuals 90% $6.3M
  • PACs & other committees 9% $658K
  • Party committees 0.1% $9,700
  • Other receipts 0.6% $44K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $496K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $202K supporting · $2.4M opposing ($2.5M of it designated for the general election)

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $103K
  2. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $41K
  3. RURAL FREEDOM NETWORKSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $32K

  Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $2.4M
  2. THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUNDSuper PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $56K
  3. PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PACMembership group PAC · Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, Inc. $22

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. JSTREETPACMembership group PAC · J Street $12K
  2. EMILYS LISTPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K
  3. NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONUnion PAC · National Education Association $10K

  Where the money went $1.2M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.2M of the $7.3M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 11% $125K
  • Consultants & strategy 13% $148K
  • Staff & payroll 25% $297K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 19% $222K
  • Polling, research & data 16% $182K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $42K
  • Office, technology & overhead 9% $105K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $36K
  • Other or unclassified 1% $12K

  Largest payees

  1. GUSTO $296K
  2. AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGNS $155K
  3. IMPACT RESEARCH $103K
  4. ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICES $84K
  5. SPIROS CONSULTING $70K

  Paid to individuals: $52K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Sep 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (633 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

• Rob BresnahanFEC filing: Rob Bresnahan · H4PA08124 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.

  In the U.S. House (PA-8) since 2025 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Agriculture, Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure · 7 subcommittees
  • 386 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 4 committees reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H4PA08124) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $4.2M

  Spent

  $5.8M

  Cash on hand

  $733K

  Debts

  $677K

  • Individuals 59% $2.5M
  • PACs & other committees 39% $1.7M
  • Party committees 0.2% $10K
  • Candidate's own money & loans 1% $60K
  • Other receipts 0.2% $7,373

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $2.3M moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $0 supporting · $2.7M opposing

  Biggest spenders opposing

  1. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $1.2M
  2. GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $860K
  3. AB PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $368K

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. BENTLEY SYSTEMS, INCORPORATED FEDERAL PACCorporate PAC · Bentley Systems, Incorporated $25K
  2. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PACUnion PAC · Laborers' International Union Of North America $15K
  3. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PACTrade association PAC · American Hospital Association $13K

  Where the money went $2.5M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $2.5M of the $5.8M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 40% $988K
  • Consultants & strategy 16% $405K
  • Staff & payroll 5% $123K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 22% $546K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $115K
  • Travel, meals & events 4% $99K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $67K
  • Legal & compliance 5% $111K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.4% $11K
  • Other or unclassified 0.3% $8,561

  Largest payees

  1. FULFILLMENT SOLUTIONS INC $367K
  2. TERRA DAVIS CONSULTING $278K
  3. GUIDANT POLLING AND STRATEGY LLC $166K
  4. CAMPAIGN ENGINE $165K
  5. PREVAIL COMMUNICATIONS $138K

  Paid to individuals: $139K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1,141 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

  Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Eric Bryan Stone, Leila Hazou.