{{short description|Massachusetts politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Stephan Hay | office = Member of the<br>Massachusetts House of Representatives<br>from the 3rd Worcester district | party = Democratic Party | term_start = March 9, 2016 | term_end = January 3, 2021 | spouse = Cynthia Hay | alma_mater = Clark University BA<br>Rutgers University{{nbsp}}MFA | predecessor = Stephen DiNatale | successor = Michael Kushmerek }}
'''Stephan Hay''' is an American politician who represented the 3rd Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2016 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, his district included the towns of Fitchburg and Lunenburg.<ref name="hay_district">{{cite web |date=2019 |title=Stephan Hay.: District |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/S_H1/District |access-date=June 29, 2019 |publisher=The Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
== Political career == Prior to his election to the state legislature, Hay served on the Fitchburg City Council for eighteen years, including ten as council president.<ref name="hay_bio">{{cite web |title =Stephan Hay: Biography |publisher = The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |date = 2019 |url = https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/S_H1/Biography |access-date = June 29, 2019 }}</ref> In 2016, Hay ran in the special election to succeed Representative Stephen DiNatale, who had resigned to serve as mayor of Fitchburg. He won the Democratic primary with 61.7% of the vote and defeated Republican Dean Tran by 125 votes in the special general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephan Hay (D) |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/candidates/view/Stephan-Hay/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=PD43+ |language=en-US}}</ref> He took office on March 9, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I am happy to announce that as of today at 12:45 I am now officially the State Representative of the 3rd Worcester District ! {{!}} By Representative Stephan Hay {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/100089852685387/videos/i-am-happy-to-announce-that-as-of-today-at-1245-i-am-now-officially-the-state-re/1715150998730603/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
Hay served on a number of committees during his time in the House, including as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Stephan Hay: Committees |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/S_H1/191/Committees |access-date=July 16, 2023 |website=The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
In February 2020, Hay announced that he would retire at the end of his term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fitchburg rep, citing family considerations, won't seek reelection |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2020/02/27/fitchburg-rep-stephan-hay-citing-family-considerations-wont-seek-reelection/1624796007/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=The Worcester Telegram & Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref> He was succeeded by fellow Fitchburg Democrat Michael Kushmerek.
=== Committee Assignments === Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representative Stephan Hay: Committees |url=https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/S_H1/189/Committees |access-date=July 16, 2023 |website=The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts}}</ref>
==== 189th General Court (2016) ====
* Joint Committee on Election Laws * Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
'''190th General Court (2017-2018)'''
* Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies * Joint Committee on Higher Education * Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy * Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
'''191st General Court (2019-2020)'''
* Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development * Joint Committee on Higher Education * Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security * Joint Committee on Revenue
==See also== * 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
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