Northeast PA GOP Congressional Candidate Airs Campaign Ad In Portland, Oregon
Jim Bognet is running for Congress against the incumbent, Matt Cartwright, in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District. PA-8 can best be described as the state’s most far northeastern congressional district.
To the south it starts in Monroe County (county seat, Stroudsberg); goes west to Luzerne County (county seat Wilkesbarre) and north to the New York Border in Wayne County (county seat Honesdale).
Last night, if you were in Portland, Oregon; and you were watching the 6:00 PM local news on CBS affiliate KOIN, then you might have seen Bognet’s one-minute ad.
And maybe Bognet isn’t so stupid. He spent a grand total of $600 to air the ad one time in Portland, and now his Youtube Video is getting how much free time from a lot more influential websites than this one?
On August 5, PoliticsPA reported that Bognet (along with Lisa Scheller who is running in the adjoining 7th Congressional District against Susan Wild) “have now reached the highest level of the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Young Gun program. “
Cartwright won his congressional seat in 2018 by 9.2%, but in 2016 Donald Trump won (what became the 8th Congressional District) by 9.3%.