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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+4 (shifted R+2 since last redistricting)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median rent: $1,063
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $213,300
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: projected OBBBA SNAP loss: 11,500 constituents
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: projected OBBBA health coverage loss: 21,000+ constituents
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: disability rate: 16.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: SNAP utilization: 17.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Medicaid enrollment: ~200,000 (approximately 25% of district)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 96%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: 8.92% (68,600 people)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Hispanic population share: 15.1%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 74.9%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 42.9 (20.5% over 65)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 27.3% (9.1% lack high school diploma)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 70.7%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 10.4% (LegisLetter) / 13.9% (Data USA 2024)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $67,979 (poorest PA district)
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 768,757 (2024 LegisLetter ACS)
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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Pennsylvania Constitutional Amendment — Voter ID Requirement (2025) (2025) — pending, margin legislative referral, not yet on ballot
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.104)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.13)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.19)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: University of Scranton (1200 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (General Dynamics-OTS) (1000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Commonwealth Health / Regional Hospital of Scranton (5000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Geisinger Health System (Scranton / Wilkes-Barre medical centers) (10000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District encompasses northeastern Pennsylvania, including all of Lackawanna (Scranton), Wayne, and Pike counties, along with portions of Luzerne (Wilkes-Barre) and Monroe counties. Home to approximately 768,757 constituents, the district is the poorest in Pennsylvania with a median household income of $67,979 — well above the $37,585 national median but significantly below the state average. The poverty rate is 10.4% (Data USA 13.9%), below the 12.4% national average but masking deep pockets of urban poverty in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Homeownership is 70.7%, median home value is $213,300, and median rent is $1,063. Only 27.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree (vs. 33.7% nationally) and 9.1% lack a high school diploma. The district skews significantly older (median age 42.9 vs. 38.5 nationally) with 20.5% of residents over 65. The population is 74.9% White (non-Hispanic) and 15.1% Hispanic. 96% of residents are U.S. citizens and only 8.92% are foreign-born. A striking 17.9% of residents rely on SNAP and 16.1% have a disability — indicators of significant household economic strain. Approximately 25% of constituents — over 200,000 people — receive Medicaid. The economy is anchored in healthcare and education (the largest employment sectors), manufacturing (10.4% of employment), and agriculture. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant is a key defense employer. The district has a Cook PVI of R+4 and shifted 2 points more Republican since the last redistricting, making it a competitive seat. Bresnahan defeated six-term Democratic incumbent Matt Cartwright in the 2024 election with 51.1% of the vote — flipping the district to Republican control.
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Voted yea on H.Con.Res. 14 (FY 2025 Budget Resolution (Reconciliation Framework, February 2025)) on 2025-02-25: Bresnahan voted yea on the budget resolution that set the framework for the OBBBA. He claimed the resolution 'does not mention the Medicaid program once' and was 'just a procedural step.' The CWA opposed the resolution and gave Bresnahan a 0% score for voting against working people. The resolution required trillions in mandatory savings from the committees that oversee Medicaid and SNAP, directly enabling the subsequent OBBBA cuts. Bresnahan said he was 'prepared to make my priorities known throughout this process' and would fight 'opposing gutting Medicaid' — then voted for the final OBBBA cuts four months later.
Date: 2025-02-25
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Voted yea on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)) on 2025-01-07: Bresnahan voted yea on mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting — the first major vote of his freshman term. His PA-08 district is 96% U.S. citizen with only 8.92% foreign-born (68,600 people), making this a politically safe hardline immigration vote. The bill passed 264-159 with 46 Democratic defections. All 217 House Republicans present voted yea. As a candidate, Bresnahan expressed support for 'high fence, wide gate' immigration policy and made border security a cornerstone of his campaign.
Date: 2025-01-07
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[disclosure] Bresnahan represents PA-08, the poorest congressional district in Pennsylvania. He purchased a 2024 Robinson R66 helicopter worth between $1 million and $1.5 million, failing to disclose the asset on his congressional financial disclosure. End Citizens United filed an ethics complaint. His office did not answer detailed questions about the helicopter and he dismissed the complaint as 'a political stunt from a far left progressive organization.'
Date: 2025-08-08
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[disclosure] On May 15, 2025 — one week before voting for the OBBBA which included massive Medicaid cuts — Bresnahan dumped $130,000 worth of stock in Centene, Elevance Health, UnitedHealth, and CVS Health. These four companies manage about half of all Medicaid accounts in the country. NBC News reported this sell-off happened before the vote. Bresnahan's defense was that his financial advisor made the trades 'with zero input from me.'
Date: 2025-05-15
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[vote] Bresnahan voted yea on the OBBBA (H.R. 1) on May 22 and July 3, 2025. The nonpartisan CBO projected the bill would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $793 billion to $1 trillion from Medicaid over ten years. His district has over 200,000 residents on Medicaid — approximately 25% of his constituents. The Pennsylvania Governor's office estimated over 21,000 of his constituents would lose health care coverage and 11,500 would lose SNAP benefits.
Date: 2025-07-03
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[statement] Bresnahan repeatedly campaigned on and pledged after taking office to protect Medicaid and Social Security. His campaign website stated: 'I will always fight to protect Social Security & Medicare for future generations... I will not support raising the retirement age or any benefit cuts to these programs.' In a February 14, 2025 statement, he wrote: 'If a bill is put in front of me that guts the benefits my neighbors rely on, I will not vote for it.'
Date: 2025-02-14
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[disclosure] By August 2025, Bresnahan had executed 626 stock trades worth $7.24 million — becoming the second-most active stock trader in the entire 119th Congress. He traded Caterpillar, Boeing, and CSX — companies directly related to his committee work on Transportation & Infrastructure. He had not established a blind trust as of August 2025 despite claiming in May that he would.
Date: 2025-08-16
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[platform] Bresnahan campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, telling voters during the 2024 campaign that lawmakers should be banned from trading individual stocks. He introduced the TRUST Act and said he would establish a blind trust.
Date: 2024-11-05
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AIPAC does not appear among Bresnahan's top publicly listed campaign donors. As a 2024 candidate, Bresnahan stated support for continued defense of Israel and didn't dismiss potential additional aid for Ukraine while emphasizing 'accountability.' He called Putin a 'warmonger.'
Date: 2024-10-27
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Before running for office, Bresnahan donated thousands to far-right candidates including former Rep. Lou Barletta (who served on the board of FAIR, an SPLC-designated hate group), former state Sen. Scott Wagner (who compared Muslim immigrants to a 'raccoon infestation'), and anti-abortion judicial candidate Carolyn Callucio.
Date: 2024-07-11
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Transportation PACs donated $7,500 to Bresnahan's 2024 campaign and $18,500 in Q1 2025 alone. His joint fundraising committee 'Team Rob' raised $252,796 in 2024, distributing to his campaign ($155,863), NEPA Next PAC ($47,549), and the NRCC ($25,579).
Date: 2025-05-13
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Bresnahan received campaign contributions from 20 billionaires since taking office in 2025, with a collective net worth of $194 billion. Backers include Stephen Wynn (casino magnate), Stephen Schwartzman (Blackstone Group CEO), Charles Schwab (investment banker), and Leonard Blavatnik (Ukrainian-born philanthropist with ties to Russian oligarchs).
Date: 2025-08-19
Added: 03 May 2026
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