Jay Costa

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15 roll-call votes on record - 14 yes, 1 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 43 (Pennsylvania) since May 1996. github.com ↗

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15

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15 votes · 14 yes · 1 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 29, 2026

LATEST: YESAn Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in State Veterans' Commission and Deputy Adjutant General for Veterans' Affairs, further providing for accreditation.SB 1061 · Jun 29, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 90% of Pennsylvania Senate members

Details

Score−0.91 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.13 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.78)

Compared with143 members of Pennsylvania Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers1996–2022

● This person Democrats (57) Republicans (85)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsCenter-Left

More liberal than 58% of 2022 Pennsylvania Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.41 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.40 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.81)

Compared with84 members of 2022 Pennsylvania Senate candidates

Covers2000–2022

● This person Democrats (37) Republicans (45)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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