With a little more than a year to go until the 2024 election, the state Democratic Party is reeling from financial problems and a lack of trust across the party, according to interviews with 20 Democratic officials and operatives throughout Pennsylvania. They include elected officials, county chairs, state committee members, former state party employees and strategists.

“It’s amateur hour,” said a state committee member who, like other Democrats, was granted anonymity to speak frankly about a sensitive matter. “It’s a f—ing disaster,” said a former state party staffer. …

The prevailing fear is that the party will not be in the strongest shape possible ahead of the presidential election and a key Senate race next year. A state Supreme Court contest, where Democrats are making abortion front and center, is on the ballot this November.

[What does that say about 2022? Pennsylvania Democrats did very well last year, thanks to having opponents on top-ballot races like Doug Mastriano [corrected, my apologies] and Mehmet Oz. If Republicans took candidate recruitment and selection seriously rather than as a virtue signal over past elections, they might have controlled the Senate this year and had a good majority in the House. — Ed]