Rob Bresnahan

Robert Paul Bresnahan Jr. ( ; born April 22, 1990) is an American politician and businessman serving as the United States representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district since 2025. He is a member of the Republican Party.

He defeated incumbent Matt Cartwright in the 2024 election. He took office on January 3, 2025.

Early life and education Bresnahan was born on April 22, 1990, in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Wyoming, Pennsylvania. Bresnahan graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 2008. Bresnahan later studied business at the University of Scranton and was on the golf team. He graduated from the university in 2012.

Bresnahan is the owner of RPB Ventures, a real estate development company. The bulk of Bresnahan's real estate projects are on and around Main Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Bresnahan has served on a number of voluntary boards in Northeastern Pennsylvania including as interim president of the SPCA of Luzerne County board of directors, past president of Wyoming Rotary Club, and treasurer of the TecBRIDGE board and Automated Vehicle Coalition. The district includes Lackawanna County, Wayne County, and Pike County along with the majority of Luzerne County and Monroe County in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the November 2024 general election, Bresnahan defeated incumbent Democrat Matt Cartwright.

Bresnahan is running for re-election in 2026. He will face Democratic nominee Paige Cognetti in the November 2026 general election.

Tenure In May 2025, Bresnahan voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

In September 2025, Bresnahan co-sponsored a bill to raise the federal minimum wage based on regional cost of living.

Committee assignments For the 119th Congress: Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee on Highways and Transit (Vice Chair) Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access Subcommittee on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development

Caucus memberships

Bresnahan's caucus memberships include:

Main Street Caucus Problem Solvers Republican Governance Group Congressional Bipartisan Opportunity Youth Caucus, co-chair Modern Ag Caucus, vice chair of nutrition Aviation Safety Caucus BIOTech Caucus Bipartisan Building Trades Caucus BOP Reform Caucus Climate Solutions Caucus Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus Congressional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus Congressional Pre-K and Child Care Caucus Fentanyl Prevention Caucus Flood Resiliency Caucus Law Enforcement Caucus

Personal life Bresnahan married Chelsea Strub, a former news anchor and reporter at WNEP-TV, on August 16, 2025.

Bresnahan's net worth is estimated at $48 million. In April 2025, The New York Times reported that Bresnahan, who had campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, reported 264 stock trades, purchasing up to $1.7 million in stock since taking office in January 2025. Some of the trades involved industries overseen by a committee on which he served,

By August 2025, Bresnahan had engaged in 626 stock trades worth $7.24 million. Bresnahan said he planned to establish a blind trust in May 2025, but that the House Ethics Committee's rules made the process difficult. Bresnahan says that he does not personally trade stock, and instead his financial advisors do the trades. By 2026, records showed he had stopped trading stocks.

Electoral history