Fresh off dominant primary election win, Scranton mayor (D) faces tougher fall contest than four years ago
Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti got the overwhelming victory she wanted and needed Tuesday, but her road to re-election is more crowded than four years ago.
This time, Cognetti may face three more challengers aiming to replace her in the Nov. 4 election — construction company accounting executive Trish Beynon, the Republican nominee, plus former Democratic Councilman Gene Barrett and another candidate, Michael Mancini.
For now, the primary election continued Cognetti's streak of dominant election wins.
Cognetti on Tuesday wiped out former Scranton School Board President Bob Sheridan by a 3 to 1 margin to win the Democratic nomination for mayor.
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