Paige Cognetti

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says she is running "to take on corruption and make Washington work as hard as we do."[2]
• Points to her record as mayor, including budget surpluses, a city credit rating that went "from junk to investment grade" and Scranton's 2022 exit from financially distressed status.[1]
• Says she does not own individual stocks and would not buy or trade them if elected.[3]

Background

• Mayor (elected in a 2019 special election as an independent; reelected as a Democrat in 2021), City of Scranton · 2020–present[4],[1]
• Adviser to the Auditor General on oversight of school districts and care for older adults, Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General[4],[1]
• Director, Scranton School Board[4]
• Senior adviser to the Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury[4]
• Investment adviser, New York City[4]

Education

• M.B.A., Harvard Business School[4]
• B.A., English literature (summa cum laude), University of Oregon, Clark Honors College[4]

Where they stand

• Elections & Democracy
  Supports banning stock trading by members of Congress, banning corporate PAC donations to federal campaigns, 18-year term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court justices, and a lifetime lobbying ban for former members.[2],[3]
• Economy & Jobs
  Supports making it easier to join and start a union, including the PRO Act; supports ending broad tariffs in favor of targeted tariffs to protect manufacturing, and capping credit card swipe fees.[2],[5]
• Health Care
  Says she would stop health care middlemen from denying care and medications prescribed by doctors, and would repeal parts of the 2025 tax and spending law (H.R. 1).[2],[5]
• Energy & Environment
  Says data centers in Northeastern Pennsylvania should be kept away from homes, schools and parks, built on brownfields, disclosed without nondisclosure agreements, denied tax breaks, required to supply their own energy and built with local union labor.[2]
• Government Spending
  Supports a mandatory independent audit of every federal agency and a "No Budget, No Pay" rule withholding members' pay until a budget passes.[3]

Voting record

Paige Cognetti has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words