Nick Pisciottano


Nickolas R. Pisciottano is an American elected official serving as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 45th District. He was first elected in 2024.

Education

Pisciottano graduated as class valedictorian from West Mifflin Area High School before earning bachelor's degrees in Accounting and History from Washington & Jefferson College. He later earned a master's degree in Government Analytics from Johns Hopkins University. While at Hopkins, his research focused on the concept of social capital culminating is his capstone thesis, “The Impact of the Internet on Social Capital: Broadband Access and Influences on Voting Turnout.”

Career

After graduation from Washington & Jefferson, Nick worked as an auditor at KPMG earning his Certified Public Accountant license in 2014. Outside of his professional career, Nick was active in his community volunteering as the president of the West Mifflin Community Foundation and as a student mentor with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh.

State Representative

In 2020, Pisciottano was elected to the Pennsylvania [House of Representatives] for the Pennsylvania [House of Representatives, District 38|38th District] succeeding the retiring Rep. William C. Kortz. His campaign focused on protecting workers’ rights, economic development, education reform, and providing high-quality constituent services.
In 2022, Pisciottano was reelected to the 38th District unopposed. Pisciottano served as the Chair of the 16-member Allegheny County House Delegation from 2022 until 2024. He served on the Consumer Protection, Transportation, Commerce, and Labor & Industry committees during the 2023-2024 legislative session. Pisciottano passed a number of pieces of legislation through the House including bills that cracked down on junk fees, amended the Pennsylvania constitution to protect workers’ rights, establishing Pennsylvania’s first anti-trust statute ever, enhanced protections for hotel workers, and establish a medical debt forgiveness program. His legislation to extend lemon law to motorcycles and expand workers compensation direct deposit were signed into law by Governor Josh Shapiro.

Committee assignments

  • Commerce
  • Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities
  • Labor & Industry
  • Transportation

    State Senator

In January of 2024, Rep. Pisciottano announced that he would not be seeking reelection to the 38th District and would instead run to replace retiring State Senator Jim Brewster in the 45th Senatorial District.
In 2024, after winning a primary election, Pisciottano went on to defeat republican Jen Dintini in the November 2024 general election by a margin of 69,248 to 61,189 and was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate.
For the 2025-2026 Session, Pisciottano serves on the following committees in the State Senate:
  • Finance
  • Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
  • Labor & Industry
  • Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

    Personal life

Pisciottano was born and raised in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania hailing from a family that settled in the area before the Civil War. He married his wife Molly in 2018 and they live together with their son Nico and two rescue dogs in West Mifflin. Pisciottano's cousin, John Inglis, succeeded him in the State House.