Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Jim Bognet

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8
Filing address
Hazle Township, PA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BOGNET, JIM
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Pennsylvania with the 2022 district highlighted

Pennsylvania, District 8

RepublicanU.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8ChallengerLost the general election (48.8%)

FEC candidate ID H0PA08221 · Principal campaign committee: BOGNET FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2021–2022U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8$3,017,514.63Lost the general election (48.8%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8$1,540,748.56Lost the general election (48.2%)
Total raised$3,017,514.63
Total spent$3,054,918.96
Cash on hand$96,082.57
Debts owed by the campaign$6,000.00
Loans from the candidate$10,500.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $2,028,793.92PACs and other committees: $660,251.08Party committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $13,160.50Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $211,002.99Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $99,306.14
  • Individual contributions$2,028,793.9267%
  • PACs and other committees$660,251.0822%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$13,160.500%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$211,002.997%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$99,306.143%

Self-funding: $13,160.50 (0% of money raised): $2,660.50 given and $10,500.00 lent by the candidate. $10,500.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

213 committees reported giving $668,873.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jim Bognet$473,849.09
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jim Bognet$5,806,063.47
  • Company and union communications to members about Jim Bognet$7,089.42

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Pennsylvania U.S. House, District 8, 2022 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jim Bognet (R)$3,017,514.63$96,082.572022-12-31
Matthew A. Cartwright (D)$5,364,344.12$52,620.292022-12-31
Michael Marsicano (R)$748,925.00$179.512022-12-31
Teddy Daniels (R)$589,053.30$0.002022-06-30
Jon Lanzaro-Fisher (D)$30,102.13$0.002022-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean RNovember 7, 2022
  • RCPLean RJune 9, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Siena College/The New York TimesOctober 19–20, 2022415 (LV)–Matt Cartwright 50% · Jim Bognet 44%
Patriot PollingOctober 7–9, 2022289 (RV)–Matt Cartwright 40% · Jim Bognet 43%
GQR Research (D)September 12–15, 2022400 (LV)± 4.0%Matt Cartwright 52% · Jim Bognet 44%
Cygnal (R)September 6–8, 2022440 (LV)–Matt Cartwright 48% · Jim Bognet 48%
GQR Research (D)August 2–9, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%Matt Cartwright 52% · Jim Bognet 46%
Cygnal (R)June 23–25, 2022400 (LV)± 4.7%Matt Cartwright 45% · Jim Bognet 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: BOGNET FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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