Issue positions (14)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- AbortionPartial oppose from votes
- Civil RightsPartial support from votes
- Climate & EnergyPartial oppose from votes
- Criminal JusticePartial support from votes
- DefensePartial support from votes
- Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
- EducationPartial support from votes
- Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
- Gun PolicyPartial support from votes
- HealthcarePartial support from votes
- HousingPartial support from votes
- ImmigrationPartial oppose from votes
- Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
- Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes
Campaign finance
2026 cycle
Incumbent for U.S. House PA-08 · 2026 General Election
- $5,234,586 raised
- $2,679,690 spent
- $2,608,048 cash on hand
| $5.23M | |
| $3.33M | |
| $1.89M | |
| Itemized (≥ $200) | $1.28M |
| Unitemized (< $200) | $608.24K |
| Party committees | $5.00K |
| Other committees (PACs) | $1.38M |
| Candidate self-funding | $55.54K |
| Transfers from other committees | $1.90M |
| Offsets to expenditures | $6.48K |
| Other receipts | $0.01 |
| $2.68M | |
| Operating expenditures | $2.48M |
| Loan repayments | $180.00K |
| Contribution refunds | $13.47K |
| Transfers to other committees | $382.86 |
| Other disbursements | $3.50K |
| Cash on hand | $2.61M |
| Debts owed by committee | $777.07K |
Through June 30, 2026 · FEC
Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)
Over time
Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance
Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4,540,166 | $4,487,014 | $53,152 |
| 2026 | $5,234,586 | $2,679,690 | $2,608,048 |
Contributions received
Data from FEC
Recorded individual contributions: $43,360 ·
Industry PAC support
Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2024 cycles
Total disclosed PAC money: $686,075. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.
- Energy $19,300 · 6 PACs
- Health $4,500 · 2 PACs
- Finance $3,500 · 2 PACs
- Technology $3,000 · 2 PACs
- Defense $1,000 · 1 PAC
Top PAC contributors (10)
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. PAC (KOCHPAC) $10,000
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA PAC $10,000
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $10,000
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC) $10,000
- BUILD PAC OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) $10,000
- RAPTOR PAC $10,000
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $10,000
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER PAC $10,000
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC $10,000
- E-PAC $10,000
Top contributors (FEC)
Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts
Top contributors — 2024 cycle
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).
- Employer not reported $255,976
- INVESTMENTS LIMITED $21,106
- STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $13,200
- TFP LIMITED $11,022
- ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS $9,900
- GUNSTER STRATEGIES WORLDWIDE, INC. $9,570
- KUHARCHIK CONSTRUCTION LLC $7,117
- CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT $6,600
- PRESCOTT INVESTORS, INC. $6,600
- GRI LLC $6,600
Outside spending on this race
Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures
Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Bresnahan, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
- Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high
Sits on the House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 49 technology-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $890,000) between Jan 2025 and Jun 2025.
Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology, which oversees the technology sector, and received 2 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $3,000 (recent cycles).
PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.
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Committee activity
Committee votes cast
- Nay: Amendment #54, offered by Ms. Budzinski of Illinois
- Nay: Amendment #106, offered by Mr. Sorensen of Illinois
- Nay: Amendment #127, offered by Ms. Brown of Ohio
- Nay: Amendment #98, offered by Mr. Vindman of Virginia
- Nay: Amendment #28, offered by Mrs. Hayes of Connecticut
- Nay: Amendment #92, offered by Ms. Adams of North Carolina
- Nay: Amendment #29, offered by Ms. Brown of Ohio
- Nay: Amendment #86, offered by Mrs. McClain Delaney of Maryland
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