Overview
- Steve Kerrigan, chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, was stopped in Southborough and charged with operating under the influence after police said his BMW was driving on the lane line and field sobriety tests followed a breath test reading 0.089%.
- Kerrigan entered an admission to facts sufficient for a finding on June 15, the case was continued without a finding and he was placed on one year of probation.
- Court and probation documents ordered a 45-day license suspension, roughly $600 in fees and enrollment in the state impaired-driving program.
- Kerrigan issued a statement accepting responsibility and confirming the .089 breath test, while Governor Maura Healey publicly condemned the conduct and said she had spoken to him.
- The episode raises reputational questions for the MassDems as they pursue a 2028 convention bid and comes against a backdrop of recent local debate over drinking rules and past OUI cases involving state Democrats.