Eugene DePasquale | |
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51st Auditor General of Pennsylvania | |
In office January 15, 2013 –January 19, 2021 | |
Governor | Tom Corbett Tom Wolf |
Preceded by | Jack Wagner |
Succeeded by | Timothy DeFoor |
Member of the PennsylvaniaHouseofRepresentatives from the 95th district | |
In office January 2,2007 –January 15,2013 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Stetler |
Succeeded by | Kevin Schreiber |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,U.S. | August 3,1971
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Education | College of Wooster (BA) University of Pittsburgh (MPP) Widener University (JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Eugene A. DePasquale (born August 3,1971) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the Pennsylvania Auditor General from 2013 to 2021. From 2007 to 2013,he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the York County-based 95th district. He was the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district in the 2020 election. Since leaving office,DePasquale served as an Adjunct Professor at Widener University School of Law, [1] and is currently an Adjunct Law Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. [2] In 2023,he announced his candidacy in the 2024 Pennsylvania Attorney General election. [3]
DePasquale was born on August 3,1971,in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. [4] He graduated from Central Catholic High School and received a bachelor's degree from the College of Wooster. He later earned an MPP from the University of Pittsburgh and a JD from Widener University Commonwealth Law School. [5]
DePasquale was the eldest of three brothers. His youngest brother died while DePasquale was in law school after suffering from muscular dystrophy. At that time,their father,a Vietnam War veteran,was serving ten and a half years in prison on narcotics charges. [6]
DePasquale is the grandson of Eugene "Jeep" DePasquale,who served in the Pittsburgh City Council between 1971 and 1989. [7]
DePasquale moved to York in 1997. He served as director of economic development for the City of York in the early 2000s. [8]
From 2003 to 2006,DePasquale served as deputy secretary for community revitalization and local government support of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. [9]
When incumbent state representative Steve Stetler resigned from his seat and withdrew from the ballot during the 2006 elections,DePasquale announced his intent to replace him. The York County Democratic Party selected him as their replacement nominee in August,and he defeated Republican nominee Karen Emenheiser 58.3% to 41.7%. [10] His legislative district included all of the city of York,Spring Garden Township,part of West Manchester Township,and the boroughs of North York and West York.
DePasquale was re-elected in 2008,defeating Republican candidate Lon Emenheiser 75.1% to 24.9%. [11] In 2010,DePasquale was unopposed both in his primary and general re-election bids. [12]
In April 2011, DePasquale announced that he would be running for State Auditor General in 2012 to succeed incumbent Jack Wagner, who was term-limited. [13] DePasquale made Marcellus shale drilling a central issue of his campaign, and promised to order an immediate performance audit of the Department of Environmental Protection to ensure the state's water supply had not been compromised by drilling. [14] He defeated Republican state representative John Maher in the fall general election. [15] Both Maher and DePasquale were concurrently re-elected without opposition to their seats in the state house. [16]
DePasquale resigned his seat in the state house on January 15, 2013, and was sworn-in as auditor general later that day. He became the first person from York County to assume statewide elected office since George Leader was elected governor in 1954. [17]
In the 2016 election, DePasquale was reelected auditor general with 50% of the vote, defeating Republican John Brown. [18]
In July 2014, DePasquale announced results of an audit of the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) water programs related to the development of the state's shale gas reserves. [19] Results of that audit showed the DEP had been unprepared to effectively administer laws and regulations to protect drinking water and unable to efficiently respond to citizen complaints in the period 2009-2012. [20] [21] The report cited sloppy record-keeping, lax oversight, and poor communication with citizens. [22]
A September 2016 report from the Auditor General's office revealed that over 3,000 rape kits were backlogged by local law enforcement agencies, awaiting testing, with 60% of them waiting untested for over a year. [23] A followup in May 2020 announced that the untested backlog had been reduced by 97%, due to increased financial support from the state budget, outside groups and federal programs. [24] [25]
In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the Auditor General's office released a report in November 2018 on the subject of gun safety in Pennsylvania and access to guns by those requiring mental health care, calling for greater monitoring by gun sellers of buyers in emotional distress. [26] DePasquale's office likewise audited the Pennsylvania background-check system for possible gaps and errors in its screenings for ineligible purchasers. [27]
Along with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, DePasquale co-chaired a School Safety Task Force that gathered feedback about safety concerns, drills and security measures to prevent or mitigate school shootings. [28]
In February 2019, DePasquale announced that officials in 18 Pennsylvania counties had disclosed that they had accepted improper (but not illegal) gifts from voting-machine vendors, and that several additional officials had failed to disclose such gifts. [29] This followed an investigation about the security of voter registration data, prompted by election-security concerns originating in the 2016 election. [30]
Term-limited from running again as Auditor General, DePasquale announced in June 2019 his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives to represent Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. [31] He won the Democratic nomination on June 3, 2020. [32] DePasquale was defeated in the general election, with incumbent Scott Perry being declared the victor on November 5. [33] DePasquale subsequently conceded the race. [34]
On June 1, 2023, DePasquale announced his candidacy for Pennsylvania Attorney General in the 2024 election. He cited his tenure as Auditor General as a reason to support him, and pledged to be a "pro-choice attorney general." [6] At the Democratic State Committee meeting in December 2023, DePasquale received 52% of the endorsement vote in a five-candidate field, winning the majority in six out of eight regions. [35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 7,561 | 58.28 | |
Republican | Karen Emenheiser | 5,412 | 41.72 | |
Total votes | 12,973 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale (incumbent) | 17,887 | 75.07 | |
Republican | Lon Emenheiser | 5,941 | 24.93 | |
Total votes | 23,828 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale (incumbent) | Unopposed | |||
Total votes | 9,832 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale (incumbent) | 16,804 | 83.04 | |
Independent | Dave Moser | 3,431 | 16.96 | |
Total votes | 20,235 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 2,729,565 | 49.73 | |
Republican | John Maher | 2,548,767 | 46.43 | |
Libertarian | Betsy Elizabeth Summers | 210,876 | 3.84 | |
Total votes | 5,489,208 | 100.00 | ||
Margin of victory | 180,798 | 3.30 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale (incumbent) | 2,958,818 | 50.01% | +0.28% | |
Republican | John Brown | 2,667,318 | 45.08% | -1.35% | |
Green | John Sweeney | 158,942 | 2.69% | N/A | |
Libertarian | Roy Minet | 131,853 | 2.23% | -1.61% | |
Total votes | 5,916,931 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 29,036 | 58.6 | |
Democratic | Tom Brier | 20,552 | 41.4 | |
Total votes | 49,588 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Scott Perry (incumbent) | 208,896 | 53.3 | |
Democratic | Eugene DePasquale | 182,938 | 46.7 | |
Total votes | 391,834 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
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