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.

Republican Josh Parsons hasn’t ruled out making another run for the state Senate, just weeks after he suffered a historic special election loss to Democrat James Malone. Parsons, 50, said it was ...