(Combined Sources) The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee plans to meet today to choose a new party chair amid an ongoing controversy about the actions of the current head of the party, Gus Bickford, during a recent primary election. That contest pitted U.S. Rep. Richard Neal against a Democratic primary challenger, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse. The race was marked by allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with students by Morse when he was an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A report requested by the party criticized top party officials, including Bickford, for their handling of the situation. Bickford has denied wrongdoing.