Lisa Boscola

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| smallimage =

| name = Lisa Boscola

| image = File:Lisa Boscola.jpg

| state = Pennsylvania

| state_senate = Pennsylvania

| district = 18th

| constituency =

| term_start = January 5, 1999

| term_end =

| predecessor = Joseph Uliana

| successor = Incumbent

| state_house2 = Pennsylvania

| district2 = 135th

| term_start2 = January 3, 1995{{cite web |title = SESSION OF 1995 - 179TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1|work = Legislative Journal| publisher = Pennsylvania House of Representatives |date = 1995-01-03|url = http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/HJ/1995/0/19950103.pdf}}

| term_end2 = November 30, 1998

| predecessor2 = Joseph Uliana

| successor2 = Steve Samuelson

| constituency2 =

| majority =

| party = Democratic

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|4|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

| alma_mater = Villanova University

| occupation =

| spouse = Edward Boscola

| relatives = Darin Stofko

| residence = Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania

| website = http://www.senatorboscola.com/

| signature = Lisa Boscola signature.svg

| otherparty = Forward Party

}}

Lisa M. Boscola (born April 6, 1962) is an American politician from Pennsylvania currently serving as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th Senate District which includes portions of Lehigh and Northampton.

Boscola was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Richard and Anna Stofko.{{cite web |title=Senator Lisa M. Boscola |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/member_information/senate_bio.cfm?id=179 |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=8 November 2019}} She is a graduate of Bethlehem's Freedom High School and Villanova University, from which she holds both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in political science.

After college, she worked briefly as a court clerk before entering politics. From 1987 to 1993, Boscola was a Northampton County deputy court administrator. She first won a seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1994 and served two terms. In 1998, she won a seat in the state senate and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022.

On June 21, 2023, Boscola along with fellow State Senator Anthony H. Williams announced they were affiliating with Andrew Yang's Forward Party, though they were not dropping their membership of the Democratic Party and the State Senate's Democratic caucus.{{Cite web |title=PRESS RELEASE: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Become Forward Party Affiliates, Joining Many Other Elected Officials Across the Country – Forward Party |url=https://www.forwardparty.com/media/2023/06/21/press-release-pa-lawmakers-become-forward-party-affiliates-joining-many-other-elected-officials-across-the-country/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |language=en-US}}

Boscola has on multiple occasions crossed party lines to vote in favor of banning transgender girls from female sports.{{Cite web |title=Pa. Senate passes bill against trans girls playing girls' sports |url=https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-senate-trans-girls-sports-bill/ |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=90.5 WESA |url=https://www.wesa.fm/text/politics-government/2025-05-07/pennsylvania-senate-passes-trans-sports-ban |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.wesa.fm}}