Lisa Boscola

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Lisa Boscola

Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from the 18th district
In office 1999 – present

Born	April 6, 1962 (1962-04-06) (age 46) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Ed Boscola
Residence	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Religion	Roman Catholic

Lisa M. Boscola is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th Senate District which includes portions of Lehigh, Northampton and Monroe counties. She is in the Democratic Party.

Boscola is a life-long resident of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Villanova University, from which she holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science.

After college, she worked briefly as a court clerk before entering politics. From 1987 to 1993, Boscola was a Northampton County commissioner. She first won a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1994 and served two terms. In 1998, she won a seat in the state senate and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006.

In 2005, Boscola briefly considering switching to the Republican Party after she was blamed for the defeat of a Democratic candidate for State Senate. During a 2005 special election in a neighboring district, the Democratic candidate, Jennifer Mann ran ads attacking her Republican opponent for two drunk driving convictions. ^[1]Boscola, who had a drunk driving arrest herself in 2000 ^[2], strongly criticized Mann for the ads. Senator Bob Mellow said that her criticism of Mann was the major reason for the Democratic defeat. ^[1]

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^ ^a ^b John Micek, Boscola considering joining GOP, The Morning Call, 4/21/2005
^ Mario Cattabiani, Boscola accepted for ARD, but license is suspended, The Morning Call, 10/26/2000