Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti (D) seeks new term as challengers abound

As Democratic Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti seeks re-election, she’s facing another challenge from within her own party.

Besides that, this time, the Republican Party — long in the minority in Scranton — has two candidates looking to end Cognetti’s City Hall reign at six years.

Potentially, if Cognetti wins the May 20 Democratic primary election, she will not only face the Republican primary winner but maybe two independent candidates.

That’s at least five people who think they can do a better job, one short of the six Cognetti faced in her first election six years ago.

“I'm not interested in going down the list of challengers and enumerating why I think they want to challenge me,” Cognetti said during an interview Thursday.


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