Nestled in the Rust Belt of northeast Pennsylvania where President Joe Biden was born, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are cities once dominated by Democrats.
But times have changed and Republicans believe that Donald Trump-endorsed business owner Jim Bognet can unseat five-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District general election.
The 8th District includes Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.
Scranton is the Lackawanna County seat with 215,896 residents, while Wilkes-Barre is the Luzerne County seat with a population of 44,328.
Joe Biden speaks on election day in Scranton, Pa., on Nov. 3, 2020. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
The district supported Trump in 2016 and 2020, but Cartwright won in those years….