Darrell Crate, chief financial officer at Affiliated Managers Group...

Darrell Crate, chief financial officer at Affiliated Managers Group, Boston, was elected chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Mr. Crate succeeds Jean Inman, who took over as party chair last year and replaced Kerry Murphy Healey, who was elected lieutenant governor in November. Ms. Healey is the wife of Sean Healey, president of AMG.