Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons has officially announced his candidacy for State Senate in Pennsylvania’s 36th Senatorial District, receiving a key endorsement from Congressman Lloyd K.

Josh Parsons could have spent another $57,000 on the March 25 special election for a Senate seat in northern Lancaster County — a race he was expected to win easily but lost narrowly.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Josh Parsons, the Republican chair of the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners, is one of three candidates running to represent Pennsylvania's 36th District in the State Senate.

Democrat James Malone edged out Republican Josh Parsons by just over 400 votes. It was the first test for the new state chairman, Greg Rothman, as the state party leader. Four short months after ...