Democrat, 19, wins Massachusetts House seat by knocking off eight-term GOP member

Nineteen-year-old Democrat Daniel Darris-O’Connor defeated eight-term Republican state Representative Marc Lombardo in Massachusetts, amid broader Democratic gains in the midterm elections. The win gives Darris-O’Connor a seat in the 22nd Middlesex District, which Lombardo had represented since Darris-O’Connor was four.

Darris-O’Connor was ahead by 438 votes, with more than 17,000 ballots cast and over 99% counted as of Thursday. He turns 20 the day before taking office in January, narrowly missing the record set by a 19-year-old lawmaker in 1977; his campaign focused on affordability. Democrats already held supermajorities in both chambers, while Republicans had lost a net three House seats, including another district won by a 23-year-old Democrat.