Lisa Boscola

Lisa Boscola

Infobox State Senator


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state = Pennsylvania
state_senate = Pennsylvania
district = 18th
term_start = 1999
term_end = present
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successor = Incumbent
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majority =
party = Democratic
birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|4|6|mf=y
birth_place =Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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spouse = Ed Boscola
residence =Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
religion = Roman Catholic
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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 Bethlehem's Freedom High School and 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. John Micek, "Boscola considering joining GOP", The Morning Call, 4/21/2005 ] Boscola, who had a drunk driving arrest herself in 2000 [ Mario Cattabiani, "Boscola accepted for ARD, but license is suspended", The Morning Call, 10/26/2000] , strongly criticized Mann for the ads. Senator Bob Mellow said that her criticism of Mann was the major reason for the Democratic defeat.

References

External links

* [http://www.senatorboscola.com/ State Senator Lisa M. Boscola] official website
* [http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=179 Pennsylvania State Senate - Lisa M. Boscola] official PA Senate website
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=9090 Project Vote Smart - Senator Lisa M. Boscola (PA)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Lisa Boscola
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=88126 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=74479 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=6629 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=48935 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=181 1998] campaign contributions
* [http://www.tridelta.org/alumnae/Distinguished_Alumnae/distinguished_deltas/directory_detail.asp?blobID=4122 Delta Delta Delta Distinguished Alumnae profile]


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