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Democrat Paige Cognetti won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Rob Bresnahan. Cognetti is the mayor of Scranton. She campaigned as an independent-minded Democrat and corruption-fighting city leader. Bresnahan was unable to convince voters that he deserved a second term in Washington. The Associated Press declared Cognetti the winner at 10:41 p.m. EST.
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