Pennsylvania Democratic Party members on Saturday elected former Auditor General Eugene DePasquale as their new state chairman.

Mr. DePasquale, 54, had the backing of Gov. Josh Shapiro, former chairman Sharif Street — a state senator from Philadelphia who is running for Congress — and U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, of Braddock. Democratic Committee members were holding their fall meeting this weekend at the Eden Resort & Suites in Lancaster County.

“It’s clear that as a party, we have a lot of work and opportunity ahead of us — from building up our infrastructure, to ramping up our voter registration, to winning back the trust and the support of so many voters and communities that have been left behind,” Mr. DePasquale said in a statement released by the party after his election.

“We have a

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