State Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski said he is running for reelection “one more time.”
Pashinski, 80, was first elected to the state House in 2006, and the Democrat from Wilkes-Barre has won a total of ten terms. The retired Greater Nanticoke Area School District music teacher is also well known as a rock-band front man and represents the 121st state House District — Bear Creek Village, Bear Creek Twp., Buck Twp. Laurel Run, Plains Twp., Wilkes-Barre Twp. and Wilkes-Barre.
“I’m going to do it one more time. I am running for one more term,” Pashinski said Thursday. “And that’ll give everybody enough time to try to find somebody who really wants this coming in the future. We’ve worked hard. I think we’ve done some good things, and I want to make sure we continue that, that positive direction.”
The term for state representative is two years. The annual salary for rank and file members is $113,000 per year.
Pashinski won his 10th term in 2024 against Republican Dino Disler with nearly 55% of the vote. Candidates for the May 19 primary election can start circulating petitions to get on the ballot on Feb. 17 and must file petitions by March 10.