Keller @ Large: How Democrats established dominance in recent Mass. elections

BOSTON – After eight years as chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Occasion, Gus Bickford is about to step down from his function on the finish of 2023.

Bickford sat down with WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller to debate how the occasion discovered a lot success in Massachusetts, notably over latest years.

Since Bickford’s first election cycle as chairman in 2016, the occasion flipped 13 seats in laws, held each statewide workplace and added a Democratic governor in Maura Healey. Democrats occupy each statewide elected workplace, all 9 Home seats, each Senate seats and 171 of the 200 seats within the legislature.

“After I took over as chair, I stated to the membership and I stated to the activists, ‘What I actually need to do as chair is present you the instruments to achieve success,’” Bickford stated. “Each race is completely different. And I believe we have executed a very good job specializing in what does every race want, placing all these enforcements collectively, after which they’re capable of put their race excessive. I believe ultimately we’re a greater state for it.”

Keller requested Bickford if he has considerations about members of the occasion which may be thought-about “too far left.” Bickford stated having debate inside a celebration is wholesome.

“We have to have high quality debate. So I believe it is actually good that we now have a left wing. However we even have a average wing,” he stated. “They only have to work collectively in order that they signify all the constituents in Massachusetts and make Massachusetts higher. It is a juggling act, nevertheless it’s actually good to have a left wing, a progressive wing, pushing us ahead.”

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