Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past 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 April 23, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 8ChallengerWon the general election

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$4,540,166.17
Total spent$4,487,013.80
Cash on hand$53,152.37
Debts owed by the campaign$1,356,061.38
Loans from the candidate$1,276,000.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $1,782,977.17PACs and other committees: $687,275.00Party committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,315,875.63Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $742,420.95Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,617.42
  • Individual contributions$1,782,977.1739%
  • PACs and other committees$687,275.0015%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,315,875.6329%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$742,420.9516%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,617.420%

Self-funding: $1,315,875.63 (29% of money raised): $39,875.63 given and $1,276,000.00 lent by the candidate. $800,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

216 committees reported giving $696,421.00 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$1,218,013.58
  • Independent expenditures opposing Rob Bresnahan$9,819,970.85
  • Company and union communications to members about Rob Bresnahan$1,938.62

FEC totals for the 2024 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, 2024 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Rob Bresnahan (R)$4,540,166.17$53,152.372024-12-31
Matthew A. Cartwright (D)$8,650,657.78$88,774.642024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Inside ElectionsTilt DDecember 15, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DNovember 4, 2024
  • Elections DailyLean DNovember 4, 2024
  • CNalysisTilt DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Noble Predictive InsightsOctober 23–25, 2024406 (LV)± 4.9%Matt Cartwright 50% · Rob Bresnahan Jr. 43%
Cygnal (R)July 24–25, 2023400 (LV)± 4.9%Matt Cartwright 39%
Cygnal (R)July 24–25, 2023400 (LV)± 4.9%Matt Cartwright 44.6% · Generic Republican 44.6%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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: ROB FOR PA.
  • 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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