Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.

Official portrait of Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Pennsylvania’s 8th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Dallas Township, PA
Born
1990
In Congress
House since 2025 · 1 year in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
BRESNAHAN, ROB
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Pennsylvania with the current district highlighted

Pennsylvania, District 8

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4PA08124 · Principal campaign committee: ROB FOR PA

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8$6,519,139.21General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Pennsylvania District 8$4,540,166.17Won the general election
Total raised$6,519,139.21
Total spent$5,839,567.95
Cash on hand$732,723.63
Debts owed by the campaign$677,068.50
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $2,496,769.32PACs and other committees: $1,658,352.00Party committees: $10,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $60,486.35Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $2,286,159.49Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $7,372.05
  • Individual contributions$2,496,769.3238%
  • PACs and other committees$1,658,352.0025%
  • Party committees$10,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$60,486.351%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$2,286,159.4935%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$7,372.050%

Self-funding: $60,486.35 (1% of money raised): $60,486.35 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate. $280,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$860,164.9721%
  • Contributions over $200$3,283,741.7379%
  • Itemized from inside Pennsylvania$1,087,130.8132%
  • Itemized from other states$2,319,391.9168%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $488,209.86 · Texas $385,232.12 · California $212,130.02 · New York $206,626.99 · Louisiana $91,629.80. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$2.7M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $832,775.64APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $170,654.65JULY QUARTERLY: raised $891,413.52JULY QUARTERLY: spent $744,793.17OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $598,232.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $387,095.80YEAR-END: raised $675,972.23YEAR-END: spent $311,865.29APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,206,419.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $429,424.34PRE-PRIMARY: raised $314,809.44PRE-PRIMARY: spent $255,649.20JULY QUARTERLY: raised $714,963.36JULY QUARTERLY: spent $380,207.81OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $963,200.09OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $2,662,153.452025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea515
Voted nay153
Did not vote6 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored24
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored320

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.Res. 1630 Expressing the importance of raising awareness of opportunity youth and the necessity of investing in and supporting reconnection to education and career pathways across the United States.
    Introduced Oct 19, 2026 · Latest action Oct 19, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by …
  • H.R. 10770 To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to temporarily limit the use of rebates under the 340B Program.
    Introduced Oct 9, 2026 · Latest action Oct 9, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 10328 Badge-to-Business Act
    Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Latest action Sep 10, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  • H.R. 10224 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Pennsylvania Avenue in Matamoras, Pennsylvania, as the "PFC Edward Kuhn Memorial Post Office".
    Introduced Sep 2, 2026 · Latest action Sep 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 9502 Protect Seniors and Veterans from Health Care Fraud Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 29, 2026 · Latest action Jun 30, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • H.R. 9262 Local Control Protection Act
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in…
  • H.Res. 1302 Designating May 2026 as "National Electrical Safety Month" in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of "National Electrical Safety Month" to raise awareness of electrical hazards in homes, schools, and workplaces and the action citizens can take to protect against electrically related hazards.
    Introduced May 19, 2026 · Latest action May 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7488 CFTC Office of the Chief Economist Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 11, 2026 · Latest action Mar 20, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
  • H.R. 6934 National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Act
    Introduced Dec 30, 2025 · Latest action Dec 30, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • H.R. 6075 Water Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2025
    Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Latest action Nov 19, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

382 committees reported giving $1,459,270.00 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 Rob Bresnahan$0.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Rob Bresnahan$2,714,322.11

FEC totals for the 2026 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, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Rob Bresnahan (R)$6,519,139.21$732,723.632026-10-14
Paige Cognetti (D)$7,502,359.43$243,672.012026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Inside ElectionsTilt DOctober 15, 2026

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Lake Research Partners (D)June 18–23, 2026400 (V)–Rob Bresnahan 45% · Paige Cognetti 47%
Impact Research (D)June 8–11, 2026500 (LV)± 4.4%Rob Bresnahan 45% · Paige Cognetti 46%
Public Policy Polling (D)August 27–28, 2025615 (V)–Rob Bresnahan 43% · Paige Cognetti 45%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania (retrieved October 22, 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: ROB FOR PA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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