Gus Bickford, Massachusetts Democratic Party Chairmen since 2016, plans to step down this spring, ending a 6½-year run in which the party flipped nearly 20 seats statewide — including the governor’s office — and grew its supermajority in the state Legislature.
Bickford announced his decision to party activists at a Democratic State Committee meeting Saturday, and will remain chairman until its next meeting on April 24, when it will hold a special election to replace him. Bickford also endorsed a successor in Steve Kerrigan, a former lieutenant governor nominee and Democratic National Convention Committee executive, telling activists that Kerrigan has both his and Governor Maura Healey’s support.