Dominik Hok Y Lay
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2018 - Present
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Dominik Hok Y Lay is a member of the Lowell Public Schools school board, At-large in Massachusetts. He assumed office on January 3, 2018.
Lay (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 18th Middlesex District. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 6, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Middlesex District
Incumbent Rady Mom won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Middlesex District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rady Mom (D) | 95.2 | 4,434 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.8 | 225 | ||
| Total votes: 4,659 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Middlesex District
Incumbent Rady Mom defeated Tara Hong and Dominik Hok Y Lay in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 18th Middlesex District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rady Mom | 43.6 | 1,030 |
 | Tara Hong | 41.3 | 974 | |
| Dominik Hok Y Lay | 15.1 | 356 | ||
| Total votes: 2,360 | |||
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2017
- See also: Lowell Public Schools elections (2017)
Six seats on the Lowell Public Schools School Committee in Massachusetts were up for general election on November 7, 2017.[1] In their bids for re-election, incumbents Andre Descoteaux, Jackie Doherty, Robert J. Hoey Jr., and Connie A. Martin faced former candidates Dominik Hok Y Lay and Dennis R. Mercier and newcomers Timothy Blake, Noelle Creegan, Gerard Nutter, and Daniel J. Shanahan IV.[2] All four incumbents won re-election, and Hok Y Lay and Nutter won the other two seats on the ballot.[3]
All seven seats on the school committee were up for election. The seventh seat was held by the mayor of Lowell, but was not covered by Ballotpedia as the city fell outside of municipal elections coverage.[4][5]
Results
| Lowell Public Schools, At-large General Election, 2-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Jacqueline Doherty Incumbent |
12.19% | 6,385 |
| Robert J. Hoey Jr. Incumbent |
11.55% | 6,054 |
| Connie A. Martin Incumbent |
11.54% | 6,047 |
| Dominik Hok Y Lay |
10.61% | 5,558 |
| Andre Descoteaux Incumbent |
9.77% | 5,117 |
| Gerard Nutter |
9.19% | 4,817 |
| Dennis R. Mercier | 9.02% | 4,727 |
| Noelle Creegan | 8.94% | 4,684 |
| Timothy Blake | 8.63% | 4,520 |
| Daniel J. Shanahan IV | 8.39% | 4,396 |
| Write-in votes | 0.17% | 88 |
| Total Votes | 52,393 | |
| Source: City of Lowell, "Election Summary Report: Official Results," accessed November 28, 2017 | ||
Funding
The Lowell Election & Census Office does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports. If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
2015
- See also: Lowell Public Schools elections (2015)
Six of the seven seats on the Lowell School Committee were up for election on November 3, 2015. All six seats were at-large and voted on by eligible voters in Lowell. The seventh seat was held by the city's mayor, but was not covered by Ballotpedia.[4]
Incumbents Stephen J. Gendron and Connie A. Martin won re-election, while newcomers Jackie Doherty, Robert J. Hoey Jr., Robert James Gignac, and Andre Descoteaux joined the board. They defeated challengers Patrick William Farmer, Kamara Kay, Dominik Hok Y Lay, Dennis R. Mercier, Benjamin T. Opara, and Christopher N. Roux. Gendron and Martin were the only incumbents to file for re-election.[6]
Results
| Lowell School Committee, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Stephen J. Gendron Incumbent |
12.17% | 4,790 |
| Jacqueline Doherty |
10.67% | 4,200 |
| Connie A. Martin Incumbent |
10.51% | 4,137 |
| Robert J. Hoey Jr. |
9.88% | 3,889 |
| Robert James Gignac |
9.70% | 3,820 |
| Andre Descoteaux |
9.62% | 3,789 |
| Dennis R. Mercier | 9.25% | 3,640 |
| Benjamin T. Opara | 6.12% | 2,409 |
| Christopher N. Roux | 5.79% | 2,278 |
| Kamara Kay | 5.71% | 2,249 |
| Patrick William Farmer | 5.30% | 2,087 |
| Dominik Hok Y Lay | 5.02% | 1,978 |
| Write-in votes | 0.26% | 104 |
| Total Votes | 39,370 | |
| Source: Lowell Election Commission, "Municipal Election: Official Results," November 30, 2015 | ||
Funding
Hok Y Lay reported no contributions or expenditures to the Lowell Election Commission as of October 28, 2015.[7]
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Hok Y Lay in the election.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dominik Hok Y Lay did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2017
Hok Y Lay answered the following five questions from the Lowell Sun as part of a series for the newspaper. The questions provided by the newspaper appear bolded, and Hok Y Lay's answers follow below.
Should the Lowell Public School district return to neighborhood schools or retain its two-zone, citywide schools model?[8]
| “ | As parents you want neighborhood schools because you want your sons and daughters to go to school with kids in your neighborhood. As parents you want to send your sons and daughters to a school of your choice. For parents who want to send their sons and daughters to school within walking distance, your wish cannot always be granted in either case because it depends on where the zone lines are drawn. Going to neighborhood schools means that Lowell will no longer have great special programs such as STEM or Magnet, for example. Therefore students are either forced to go or forced to leave the schools of their choice. Also there is a challenge with desegregation law, which Lowell doesn't need, if we chose to go to neighborhood schools. I prefer that students should have a choice and the ones who live in the closer proximity to the school should have priority.[9] | ” |
| —Dominik Hok Y Lay (2017)[8] | ||
What solutions would you propose to ensure the district can reliably provide adequate services to students within its budget?[10]
| “ | Schools never seem to have enough budget to operate. When a budget proposal is made to the City Council a maximum amount should be granted. For the current school year I agree with the School Committee for denying cuts to any staff that has direct engagement with students. However, supplies that have direct impact on learning, such as books, should not be cut. We should take a closer look at non-personnel expense such as photocopier maintenance and lease. And for administrators I may look into offering early retirement.[9] | ” |
| —Dominik Hok Y Lay (2017)[10] | ||
Would you have voted to give Superintendent of Schools Salah Khelfaoui a new four-year contract?[11]
| “ | Yes, but negotiate the salary.
Giving the superintendent a contract benefits Lowell students and staff by the means of having vision. It is a mutual respect between Lowell leadership and superintendent for making longterm plans for schools. However, because of the tight budget that our school is operating on, an increase of salary from $151K to $185K is a bigger increase than anticipated.[9] |
” |
| —Dominik Hok Y Lay (2017)[11] | ||
What is the most pressing capital improvement project facing the School Department, besides the high school, and how do you propose to pay for it?[12]
| “ | Besides the $300 million project for the high school, the School Department needs to maintain the current high school. And make sure the other schools' HVAC (and) boilers are functioned properly. The gymnasiums at other schools such as Bartlett, Daley, perhaps Washington and a few other schools are aging. It is super challenging trying to find money to pay for those projects since we don't have any money to start with. One thing we can do right now is not to propose any nonessential spending.[9] | ” |
| —Dominik Hok Y Lay (2017)[12] | ||
What is your opinion on standardized testing? Do public schools do too much, too little, or just enough?[13]
| “ | Students, parents and teachers -- none of them like to take time away from the classroom to work on standardized tests. But the result of those tests have valuable data. Parents would use the results of MCAS along with report cards for measuring their sons' and daughters' standing compared to other students in Massachusetts. I think we do have enough standardized testing. MCAS and iReady (Lowell only) are important measures that are useful to both educators and students.[9] | ” |
| —Dominik Hok Y Lay (2017)[13] | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Eda Jane Matchak, City of Lowell," January 31, 2017
- ↑ Lowell Sun, "City Council field set for preliminary," August 10, 2017
- ↑ City of Lowell Election & Census, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lowell Public Schools, "2016-2017 School Committee," accessed August 9, 2017 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "board" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Lowell Sun, "Preliminary city election set as 23 candidates qualify for council race," August 9, 2017
- ↑ Lowell Election and Census Office, "2015 Election Calendar," accessed March 6, 2015
- ↑ Lowell Election Commission, "Campaign Finance Reports-2015," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lowell Sun, "Lowell School Committee candidates answer questions on the issues," October 11, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lowell Sun, "Lowell candidates offer solutions on school budget issues," October 12, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lowell Sun, "Lowell school candidates split on superintendent's contract," October 13, 2017
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Lowell Sun, "Building maintenance, special ed cited as top Lowell school needs," October 14, 2017
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lowell Sun, "Lowell school candidates weigh in on standardized tests," October 15, 2017
