Jay Gonzalez

The gubernatorial election is nearly two years away but the first Democrat to officially throw his hat in the ring is already hitting the campaign trail. Jay Gonzalez, the budget chief for former Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, plans to attend Democratic caucuses at the Arlington Senior Center and Brookline High School on Saturday...

  Gov. Deval Patrick says four cabinet secretaries departing his administration all left on their own and would have been welcome to stay for the final two years of his term.       Patrick officially announced Thursday that Health and Human Services Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, Public Safety Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan, Administration and Finance Secretary Jay Gonzalez and Education Secretary Paul R