The City of Scranton mayoral biography states: “Mayor Cognetti grew up in Beaverton, Oregon. She lives in Scranton with her husband and their two daughters.”

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The City of Scranton mayoral biography states: “Mayor Cognetti holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated summa cum laude from University of Oregon Clark Honors College with a BA in English Literature.”

Paige Cognetti grew up in Beaverton, Oregon. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Oregon Clark Honors College and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. She lives in Scranton with her husband and their two daughters.

The City of Scranton mayoral biography states: “Prior to becoming Mayor, she advised the Pennsylvania Auditor General on oversight of public school districts and care for older adults. Mayor Cognetti previously served as a director on the Scranton School Board.”

The City of Scranton mayoral biography states: “Mayor Cognetti served in the Obama administration as a senior advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department. She was a fundraiser and project director on numerous political campaigns. She also worked as an investment advisor in New York City.”

Paige Cognetti previously advised the Pennsylvania Auditor General on oversight of public school districts and care for older adults. She also served as a senior advisor to the Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department and worked as an investment advisor in New York City.

The City of Scranton's January 2026 inauguration release states: “Mayor Cognetti first took office in January 2020 following a special election. She served a full term following her re-election in November 2021 and begins her third term after re-election last fall following years of transformative policies and projects completed for the City of Scranton.

Scranton Mayor Paige G. Cognetti Sworn in for Third Time; Touts Successful Reform Agenda, Collaboration, and City’s Bright Future – City of Scranton

Paige currently serves as mayor of Scranton. She first took office in January 2020 following a special election and is serving her third term.

2026 Pennsylvania General Election 

As of October 16, 2026, Paige Cognetti’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Education

Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Go after fees that shrink our pocketbooks with a million little cuts, like capping credit card swipe fees.”

Priorities - Paige Cognetti For Congress

Under the heading “Audit the Government,” Cognetti writes: “The American people are owed a full accounting of every dollar spent in their name. It’s the bare minimum needed to restore trust in our federal government. In Congress, I will fight for a comprehensive, mandatory, independent audit of every federal agency.”

Anti-Corruption Agenda - Paige Cognetti For Congress

After describing her proposal for independent federal-agency audits, Cognetti writes: “The federal government audits agencies year after year, but there aren’t meaningful enforcement mechanisms to address findings. I will fight to make sure agencies that fail their audits are legally required to address every finding before Congress approves their next budget.”

Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Break up the huge monopolies that hurt our small businesses and raise costs. Bring more competition into our communities by ending the Big Box monopolies that drive small businesses out of our area, give consumers fewer options, and let a few large companies control everything.”

Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Strengthen unions; make it easier to join and start a union.”

Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Fight for paid family leave and affordable childcare.”

Under “NEPA Builds, Build it here,” Cognetti lists: “Reshore manufacturing jobs, including continuing to add more defense manufacturing in Northeastern Pennsylvania.”

Under “NEPA Builds, Build it here,” Cognetti lists: “Cut red tape, make permitting make sense, allow more businesses to start, grow and thrive. Move faster on infrastructure projects we need for our economic future, from safe streets to bridges to passenger rail.”

Under “NEPA Builds, Build it here,” Cognetti lists: “Stop broad tariffs that help the big guys and hurt families, create smart targeted tariffs to protect manufacturing here.”

In a list of conditions for data-center developers, Cognetti writes: “No tax breaks for wealthy corporations. At a time when hardworking Pennsylvanians are struggling to pay their bills and fill up their gas tanks, the last people who need more money in their pockets are big companies and their billionaire executives.”

In a list of conditions for data-center developers, Cognetti writes: “Built with local union labor. These jobs must go to local union workers and benefit our community.”

The campaign’s transcript of a Cognetti advertisement states: “As Mayor, I rooted out waste and corruption. In Congress, I’ll crack down on price gouging, make the big guys pay their fair share, and fight corruption.”

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Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Respect the power of the people via local control and allocate more federal money directly to municipalities and counties.”

Plans to require independent audits of every federal agency and require agencies that fail audits to address findings before their next budgets are approved.

Calls for breaking up large monopolies and increasing competition to support small businesses and consumer choice.

Supports strengthening unions and making it easier to join or form a union.

Supports paid family leave and affordable child care.

Supports bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States, including expanding defense manufacturing in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Calls for streamlined permitting to help businesses and advance infrastructure projects, including streets, bridges, and passenger rail, more quickly.

Opposes broad tariffs and supports targeted tariffs intended to protect domestic manufacturing.

Opposes tax breaks for wealthy corporations.

Calls for data-center construction jobs to go to local union workers.

Plans to crack down on price gouging and seek higher tax payments from large companies.

Supports directing more federal funding to municipalities and counties through local control.

- Supports capping credit-card swipe fees.
- Plans to require independent audits of every federal agency and require agencies that fail audits to address findings before their next budgets are approved.
- Calls for breaking up large monopolies and increasing competition to support small businesses and consumer choice.
- Supports strengthening unions and making it easier to join or form a union.
- Supports paid family leave and affordable child care.
- Supports bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States, including expanding defense manufacturing in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Calls for streamlined permitting to help businesses and advance infrastructure projects, including streets, bridges, and passenger rail, more quickly.
- Opposes broad tariffs and supports targeted tariffs intended to protect domestic manufacturing.
- Opposes tax breaks for wealthy corporations.
- Calls for data-center construction jobs to go to local union workers.
- Plans to crack down on price gouging and seek higher tax payments from large companies.
- Supports directing more federal funding to municipalities and counties through local control.

Economy

Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Prevent healthcare industry middlemen from denying care and medications prescribed by doctors.”

Under “Fight for families so they can get ahead,” Cognetti lists: “Reform the insurance system so that when people pay for insurance, they can expect to be protected when something happens – from healthcare to flooding.”

Supports preventing health-care industry middlemen from denying care and medications prescribed by doctors.

Supports insurance-system reforms intended to ensure coverage when policyholders need health care or experience flooding.

Advocates for insurance-system reforms intended to ensure coverage when policyholders need health care or experience flooding.

- Supports preventing health-care industry middlemen from denying care and medications prescribed by doctors.
- Advocates for insurance-system reforms intended to ensure coverage when policyholders need health care or experience flooding.

Healthcare

Under the heading “Term Limits,” Cognetti writes: “There are members of Congress who have gotten too comfortable and have stayed too long. I will fight to pass a constitutional amendment establishing term limits: 18 years for members of the House of Representatives, 18 years for Senators.”

Immediately after proposing congressional term limits, Cognetti writes: “We should also apply the 18 year standard to Supreme Court justices so that the structure no longer incentivizes Justices to serve well past their ability to do so and the Court ceases to become a place of constant gamesmanship.”

Plans to pursue an amendment limiting House members and senators to 18 years in office.

Supports 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.

- Plans to pursue an amendment limiting House members and senators to 18 years in office.
- Supports 18-year term limits for Supreme Court justices.

Voting & Elections

Foreign Policy and Immigration

In a list of conditions for data-center developers, Cognetti writes: “Stay away from homes, schools and public parks. No sites in a small town, on top of a school district, or in a beloved state park. Construction must happen on brownfields and sites that can’t be developed for residential use.”

In a list of conditions for data-center developers, Cognetti writes: “Pay their own way and supply their own energy resources. Produce your own energy, don’t poison our water, and don’t jack up utility costs for local businesses and residents.”

In the data-center section of her priorities page, Cognetti writes: “I’ve spent a lot of time listening to data center developers trying to explain why they should build here. In the rooms I’ve been in and in the projects I’ve seen, there is no project anywhere in NEPA that should move forward.”

In a list of conditions for data-center developers, Cognetti writes: “Total transparency – no hiding behind NDAs. If these companies can’t be honest about who they are and why they’re here, they shouldn’t even be here at all.”

Calls for data centers to avoid homes, schools, and parks and be built on brownfields or sites unsuitable for housing.

Calls for data centers to provide their own energy resources and prevent water pollution and higher local utility costs.

Opposes the data-center projects she has reviewed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Calls for data-center companies to disclose their identity and purpose rather than using nondisclosure agreements.

- Calls for data centers to avoid homes, schools, and parks and be built on brownfields or sites unsuitable for housing.
- Calls for data centers to provide their own energy resources and prevent water pollution and higher local utility costs.
- Opposes the data-center projects she has reviewed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Calls for data-center companies to disclose their identity and purpose rather than using nondisclosure agreements.

Energy & the Environment

Public Safety

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Paige Cognetti

- Plans to require independent audits of every federal agency and require agencies that fail audits to address findings before their next budgets are approved.
- Calls for breaking up large monopolies and increasing competition to support small businesses and consumer choice.
- Supports strengthening unions and making it easier to join or form a union.
- Supports paid family leave and affordable child care.
- Supports bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States, including expanding defense manufacturing in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Calls for streamlined permitting to help businesses and advance infrastructure projects, including streets, bridges, and passenger rail, more quickly.
- Opposes broad tariffs and supports targeted tariffs intended to protect domestic manufacturing.
- Opposes tax breaks for wealthy corporations.
- Calls for data-center construction jobs to go to local union workers.
- Plans to crack down on price gouging and seek higher tax payments from large companies.

- Opposes the data-center projects she has reviewed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
- Calls for data-center companies to disclose their identity and purpose rather than using nondisclosure agreements.

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