Scrutinel— 2026 midterms

UpdatedAug 24, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC
To election day72 days
Simulations200,000

Pennsylvania 8th District

Currently held by a Democrat · incumbent running

Democrat
Paige Cognetti
33%
Republican
Rob Bresnahan
67%
ForecastLean R
Projected margin
R+3.6
80% range
R+14.3 to D+7.0
Partisan lean
R+6.8
Tipping-point chance
1.05%
Uncertainty multiplier
1.22×

The 80% range comes from 200,000 simulations in which this race’s error is correlated with every other race through the national, state and demographic layers.

How the estimate is built
Polls 9%Fundamentals 91%
Polling average
R+1.8
Fundamentals
R+3.1
Blended
R+3.0
Similar-race shift
+0.4
Poll–fundamentals gap
1.3 pts
PollingDR matchup
Polls in window
1
Distinct pollsters
1
Most recent
June 23, 2026
Democrat
45.1%
Republican
46.9%
Undecided / other
8.0%
Spread between polls
0.0 pts
Fundamentals
Partisan lean
R+6.8
Elasticity
1.02
Incumbency
−3.4
Candidate experience
0.0
Fundraising
+1.5
National environment
D+5.3
Expected margin
R+3.5

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