MT. VERNON — 115th District State Representative Terri Bryant has announced that she will throw her hat in the ring for the 58th District Senate Seat being vacated by the retiring senator Paul Schimpf.

Bryant says even with the Democratic supermajority in Springfield, she is fighting for southern Illinois and getting results.

The 58th Senate District includes all or parts of Jefferson, Washington, Perry, Jackson, Union, Randolph, St. Clair, and Monroe counties.