(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Senate Leader Jay Costa Jr. announced that he will be seeking re-election for the 43rd Senatorial District in Pennsylvania, which covers the city of Pittsburgh and thirteen of the city’s Eastern municipalities.

“It’s been an honor to serve you and we’ve accomplished a lot but my work is not yet done,” said Senator Costa. “We deserve substantive policy changes at a state level that will promote more affordable, accessible housing, action on gun violence prevention policy, funding streams for our schools that need the most help, and finally – an overdue increase in the minimum wage.”

Senator Costa is a lifelong resident of Allegheny County, and has been serving as Senator since 1996 and Democratic Senate Leader since 2011.