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2026 results · Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania 8th District

Paige Cognetti, the Democrat, flips Pennsylvania's 8th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 8.4 points in 2024; this year's count is a 17.3-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held the seat before the election.

Pennsylvania 8th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Paige CognettiDemocrat153,76454.5%
Rob BresnahanRepublican, incumbent128,58945.5%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 10:22 PM EST · 93% counted.

About 93% of the expected vote counted282,353 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 1:09 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:10 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI

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About the seat

Pennsylvania's 8th District takes in all or part of 5 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+8.3 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 17.3 points toward the Democrats, ranks 6 of 16 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+8.3
2024 House race, same lines
R+1.6
Move from 2024, rank in state
6 of 16
  1. Luzerne County34%
  2. Lackawanna County31%
  3. Monroe County20%
  4. Pike County9%
  5. Wayne County8%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 5 counties compared moved 17.2 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 71% as many votes as in 2024, from 73% in Lackawanna County to 68% in Pike County.

Lackawanna County moved most: D+2.8 for president in 2024, D+20.9 this year

The 5 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+40EvenD+40Move
Lackawanna County86,158 votes18.1 pts → D
Luzerne County94,595 votes18.0 pts → D
Monroe County55,748 votes16.6 pts → D
Pike County24,278 votes14.2 pts → D
Wayne County21,574 votes12.5 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Luzerne County added 22,905 net votes for Cognetti against the 2024 margin, 40% of the district's change

Across the 5 counties compared, the margin moved by 57,833 votes toward Cognetti: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Luzerne County+22,905 Cognetti
  2. Lackawanna County+14,682 Cognetti
  3. Monroe County+8,415 Cognetti
  4. Pike County+6,090 Cognetti
  5. Wayne County+5,741 Cognetti

1 county Donald Trump carried in 2024 is led by Cognetti this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Luzerne CountyR+14.6D+3.4

Pennsylvania’s ballot

All of Pennsylvania’s resultsThe state legislature

The seats that changed party

Statewide

  1. GovernorJosh ShapiroD+22.1

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 10–7, now D 11–6

  1. D+5.5Harvie
  2. D+61.5Boyle
  3. D+87.2Rabb
  4. D+34.2Dean
  5. D+44.1Scanlon
  6. D+28.6Houlahan
  7. D+12.2Brooks
  8. D+8.9Cognetti
  9. R+23.0Meuser
  10. D+10.1Stelson
  11. R+11.1Smucker
  12. D+30.9Lee
  13. R+34.9Joyce
  14. R+15.1Reschenthaler
  15. R+27.8Thompson
  16. R+7.9Kelly
  17. D+25.6Deluzio

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Paige Cognetti, by US Department of Labor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Rob Bresnahan, by House Creative Services, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed.