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Democrat’s TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat
Paige Cognetti’s 30-second ad says data center developers should pay their own way as the campaign spends about $200,000 over two weeks.
- Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti launched a new 30-second television ad costing about $200,000 targeting artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district.
- The race represents one of the Democratic Party's best opportunities to pick up a House seat in November to block President Donald Trump's agenda, as opposition to data centers spreads from local races to top-of-the-ticket contests nationwide.
- Cognetti invokes the region's coal and shale heritage, demanding "Big Tech needs to pay their own way" and criticizing developer secrecy, tax breaks, and rising electric bills fueling data center expansion across the mid-Atlantic.
- Bresnahan introduced the Local Control Protection Act in June to limit corporations' right to sue over zoning denials, stating "we should never let billion-dollar corporations supersede the voices of those who live in the community."
- President Donald Trump has made data centers a top priority to compete against China for artificial intelligence superiority, though communities continue fighting projects in court as the race underscores competing national and local interests.
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Cognetti centers data centers in ad challenging Bresnahan
HARRISBURG — Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we’re not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center projects. The race between Cognetti, the mayor of Scranton, and Bresnahan is considered one of the Democratic Party’s best opportunities to pick up a seat in the …
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Democrat’s TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep.
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