Riding profile

PA-8

US House district — PA · Mixed · us pa

The question

PA-8: who wins this toss-up?

Editorial read

PA-8, a mixed riding in PA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 2-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 51% vote share, against 49% for the Republicans, and the race could swing.

Sitting member

BRESNAHAN, ROB

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Bresnahan, Rob

  • Democrat Challenger

    Cognetti, Paige

Current forecast

Democrat

Toss-up

Probability
93%
Mean margin (pts)
2.1
P(close race)
99%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 51.0%
  • Republican 49.0%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HerePA-8 51.0%49.0%
National averageUnited States 51.9% −0.9 46.6% +2.4

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

District polls

Polls in this district

3 polls

Pollster Field dates Sample Pop. Topline Source
Lake Research Partners House Majority PAC 18–Jun 23 400 LV
Democrat 47 Republican 45
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Impact Research 8–Jun 11 500 LV
Democrat 46 Republican 45
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Public Policy Polling House Majority PAC 27–Aug 28 615 RV
Democrat 45 Republican 43
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District-level polls, topline only. Vote-Scope reports each published poll as the pollster released it; figures are not the Vote-Scope projection.

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
1.6 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+0.4 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026