Minority Floor Leader, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, 2011-present

Senator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 43, 1996-present

Former Member, Intergovernmental Operations Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 43, 2024

Candidate, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate, District 43, 2020

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Intergovernmental Operations Committee

Chair, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee

Former Member, Communications and Technology Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Former Member, Game and Fisheries Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Former Member, Public Health and Welfare Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Former Member, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Senate

Chair, Minority Caucus, 2005-2008

Shareholder/Principal, Dickie McCamey & Chilcote Professional Corporation, present

Shareholder, Grogan Graffam Professional Corporation, present

Former Adjunct Professor, Allegheny County Community College

Former Deputy Sheriff, Allegheny County Sheriff's Department

Employee, Register of Wills of Allegheny County, 1992-1996

Board Member, 3 Rivers Wet Weather, present

Member, American Bar Association, present

Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Community College of Allegheny County, present

Member, Board of Trustees, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, present

Member, Board of Trustees, Senator John Heinz Regional History Center, present

Member, Board of Trustees, University of Pittsburgh, present

Board Member, Catholic Charities Free Health Care Clinic, present

Member, Columbus Day Parade Committee, present

Board Member, Forest Hills Community Development Corporation, present

Board Member, Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, present

Board Member, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Association, present

Board Member, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, present

Member, Allegheny County Bar Associations

Former Member, BenFranklin-Industrial Resource Centers (IRC) Partnership Board

Former Member, Calabria Club

Board Member, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Former Board Member, Center for Victims of Violent Crime

Board Member, Duquesne University Alumni Association

Former Board Member, Forest Hills Churchill Area Baseball Association

Former Member, Goods for Guns, Incorporated

Former Member, Italian Heritage Society

Former Member, Italian Sons and Daughters of America

Former Member, Mon Valley Initiative Community Investment Fund

Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member, Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing

Former Member, Pennsylvania Community Development Bank Operation

Former Member, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Member, Public Employee Retirement Commission

Member, Three Rivers Wet Weather

Former Member, United Way of Allegheny County, Self Sufficiency Committee

Father's Name:

Jay Costa

Mother's Name:

Louise Costa