19-year-old Democrat unseats GOP incumbent in Massachusetts

Daniel Darris-O'Connor, 19, defeated Republican Marc Lombardo by 438 votes to win a Massachusetts State House seat in the 2026 midterm elections. A Billerica native and UMass Lowell student, Darris-O'Connor focused his campaign on cost-of-living issues and local representation, becoming one of the state's youngest House representatives.