# Stephan Hay

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{{short description|Massachusetts politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Stephan Hay
| office      = Member of the<br>[Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives)<br>from the [3rd Worcester](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives'_3rd_Worcester_district) district
| party       = [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| term_start  = March 9, 2016
| term_end    = January 3, 2021
| spouse      = Cynthia Hay
| alma_mater  = [Clark University](/source/Clark_University) BA<br>[Rutgers University](/source/Rutgers_University){{nbsp}}MFA
| predecessor = [Stephen DiNatale](/source/Stephen_DiNatale)
| successor   = [Michael Kushmerek](/source/Michael_Kushmerek)
}}

'''Stephan Hay''' is an American politician who represented the [3rd Worcester](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives'_3rd_Worcester_district) district in the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) from 2016 to 2021. A member of the [Democratic Party](/source/Massachusetts_Democratic_Party), his district included the towns of [Fitchburg](/source/Fitchburg%2C_Massachusetts) and [Lunenburg](/source/Lunenburg%2C_Massachusetts).<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](/source/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](/source/Massachusetts_Republican_Party) [Dean Tran](/source/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](/source/Mike_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](/source/2019%E2%80%932020_Massachusetts_legislature)

==References==
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