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Hong Net
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Hong Net (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives to represent the 11th Essex District. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 3, 2024.
Net completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Hong Net earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1992. His career experience includes working as a city council member.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Massachusetts House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District
Sean Reid won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sean Reid (D) | 96.2 | 11,228 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.8 | 438 | ||
| Total votes: 11,666 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District
Sean Reid defeated Hong Net in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District on September 3, 2024.
| Total votes: 3,287 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Net in this election.
2018
General election
General election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District
Peter Capano won election in the general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Capano (D) | 97.9 | 8,948 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1 | 191 | ||
| Total votes: 9,139 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District
Peter Capano defeated Drew Russo and Hong Net in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts House of Representatives 11th Essex District on September 4, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Peter Capano | 47.9 | 1,842 | |
| Drew Russo | 37.0 | 1,423 | ||
| Hong Net | 15.2 | 583 | ||
| Total votes: 3,848 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Hong Net completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Net's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Hong Net. I have been a resident of Lynn for 26 years with my wife Thavra and children Anna and William. I bought my first home in Lynn in 2004 and am still living in the same house ever since. I am a Cambodian "Killing Fields" survivor and former refugee from Thailand. I came to America alone at the age of 15 with nothing but a plastic bag and an x-ray of my broken arm. I have been a Lynn City Councilor-At-Large for seven years, a Child Support Enforcement Specialist at the Massachusetts Department of Revenue for 27 years, and a business partner at the Rainbow Adult Day Health Care for six years. I graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1992. I have 30 years of experience in social work, education, and governmental leadership here in the United States and internally. I was asked by the Cambodian American National Development Organization and the United Nations Development Program to assist the newly democratic government of Cambodia in 1994. I worked daily with government ministers drafting their new constitution specifically with education development, public safety, and civil rights for three years. I also established a language school teaching English, French, Chinese, and Thai to 800 students in Phnom Penh. I am a former member of the board directors of the YMCA MetroNorth, RiverWorks Credit Union, Lynn Youth Street Outreach Advocacy, and delegate of the SEIU to North Shore Labor Council.
- I am running for State Representative for the 11th Essex District representing the people of West Lynn and Nahant because I believe I can bring a fresh outlook to the legislature. There are many important issues facing the district and I want to add my voice and experience to the current delegation to help achieve the best solutions. I will continue to ensure the prosperity and safety of the district by advocating for adequate funding for public safety to combat gang and drug activities, promote policies to set responsible gun control laws, and to police and fire departments for staff levels and equipments as well as to unarmed response team.
- I am running for State Representative for the 11th Essex District representing the people of West Lynn and Nahant because I believe I can bring a fresh outlook to the legislature. There are many important issues facing the district and I want to add my voice and experience to the current delegation to help achieve the best solutions. I will continue to ensure the prosperity and safety of the district by advocating for adequate funding for public education to build new schools and update current buildings to reduce class size, as well as supporting educational programs that encourage careers like engineering, biotech, robotic, and medicine.
- I am running for State Representative for the 11th Essex District representing the people of West Lynn and Nahant because I believe I can bring a fresh outlook to the legislature. There are many important issues facing the district and I want to add my voice and experience to the current delegation to help achieve the best solutions. I will continue to ensure the prosperity and safety of the district by advocating for adequate funding for environmental to enhance policies protecting our environment with green energy project incentive, to protect natural wildlife lands, and create policies that reduce noise pollution and toxic emissions from air traffic and automobiles.
I believe that the government serves us best when the policies we make accurately represent the needs and concerns of all our residents within our district.
"Given A Chance" The Success Story Of A Killing Fields Survivor by Hong Net. A book of memoir.
Transparency, honesty, integrity, accountability, care, and good listener.
I am committed to serving the district I represent.
Putting politics aside and doing the right things for all constituents.
A man with integrity and kind to everyone.
When the Cambodian Prince Sihanouk visited a refugee camp in Thailand when I was 13 years old.
A Sumer job at the child care center in South Hadley, Massachusetts in 1983.
Long Walk to Freedom because represents those who live under oppression but never lose hope to be free.
Imagine by John Lennon.
To stay alive when I was a child living in Cambodian and Thailand.
Keep communication channels open at all time. This helps the two branches of government resolve the issues and minimize the impact among them.
Budget shortfalls, housing crisis, and the influx of immigrants.
Yes, because I need their support to pass the bill for the benefit of my district.
My Representative Pete Capano.
I am interested in running for U.S. Congress in the future.
Families broke apart from being deported their loved ones to their origin countries.
Stricter gun laws.
SEIU Local 509 and SEIU Mass State Council.
Ways and Means and Rules.
The financial transparency and government accountability is acceptable, but there are always rooms for improvement.
I support the current state ballot initiative process.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2024
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