Pennsylvania Senate, District 43

Pennsylvania's 43rd State Senate district
Senator	Jay Costa D–Forest Hills
Population (2021)	251,870

Pennsylvania State Senate District 43 includes part of Allegheny County. It is currently represented by Democrat Jay Costa.

District profile

The district includes the following areas:^[1]

Allegheny County:

• Braddock Hills
• Chalfont
• Churchill
• Edgewood
• Forest Hills
• Mount Oliver
• Oakmont
• Penn Hills Township
• Pittsburgh [PART, Wards 04, 05, 07, 08, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30 and 31]
• Rankin
• Swissvale
• Verona
• Wilkins Township
• Wilkinsburg

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Joseph M. Barr	Democratic	1941–1960			Allegheny (part)[2]
John H. Devlin	Democratic	1961–1967		Died on July 20, 1967	Allegheny (part)[3]
Frank Mazzei	Democratic	1967–1975		Seated November 29, 1967[4] "Service terminated" on June 2, 1975.[5]	Allegheny (part)[6]
James A. Romanelli	Democratic	1975–1988		Seated November 17, 1975.[5] Died October 16, 1988.[7]	Allegheny (part)[8]
Michael M. Dawida	Democratic	1989–1996		Resigned February 5, 1996[9]	Allegheny (part)[3]
Jay Costa, Jr.	Democratic	1996–present		Seated May 13, 1996[9]	Allegheny (part)[10][11][12]

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'B'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'D'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1967-1968" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1975-1976" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
6. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'M'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
7. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1987-1988" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
8. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'R'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
9. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1995-1996" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
10. Cox, Harold (2004). "Senate Members 'C'". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
11. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
12. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 19, 2020.