19-year-old Democrat unseats eight-term Republican in Massachusetts House race

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New York Post · 5 hours ago

No new result or vote count is provided in the added coverage: Daniel Darris-O’Connor, 19, defeated eight-term Republican Marc Lombardo for a Massachusetts House seat. His win is part of wider Republican losses in the midterm elections, although Democrats already held supermajorities in both chambers.

Darris-O’Connor led by 438 votes, with more than 17,000 ballots cast and over 99% counted as of Thursday. He will turn 20 the day before taking office in January, just missing the age record set by a 19-year-old lawmaker in 1977; his campaign focused on affordability and rising costs. Democrats had matched their previous total of 135 House seats, with six races still uncalled, while Republicans had lost a net three seats.

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In short

19-year-old Democrat Daniel Darris-O’Connor defeated eight-term Republican Marc Lombardo.
He led by 438 votes with over 99% counted.
His campaign centred on affordability and rising costs.

How this story developed

2 hours ago The seat was identified as the 22nd Middlesex District, which Lombardo had represented since Darris-O’Connor was four, and Darris-O’Connor’s win came alongside another Republican loss to a 23-year-old Democrat.
2 hours ago Daniel Darris-O’Connor, 19, defeated eight-term Republican Marc Lombardo for a Massachusetts House seat, leading by 438 votes with more than 99% of ballots counted; he will turn 20 the day before taking office in January, just missing the age record set by a 19-year-old lawmaker in 1977.