A 19-Year-Old Unseated Billerica's Republican Rep. Marc Lombardo, and Katherine Clark Is Poised to Become House Majority Leader
Daniel Darris-O'Connor will turn 20 the day before he is sworn in. In Washington, the Massachusetts congresswoman is in line to be the first woman to hold the majority leader post.
Democrat Daniel Darris-O'Connor, 19, defeated longtime Republican state Rep. Marc Lombardo in Billerica on Tuesday and will be one of the youngest state representatives in Massachusetts history, WCVB reported. He turns 20 the day before he is sworn in.
"I am a younger candidate. My campaign wasn't focused on my age; it was focused on the issues," Darris-O'Connor told WCVB. He said the rising cost of living and the need for stronger local representation resonated with voters.
Gov. Maura Healey, re-elected Tuesday, told WCVB she will focus on affordability and housing, primary care and mental health access, protecting children on social media, and protecting workers "in the face of AI."
Clark's path to majority leader
In Washington, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, who represents the 5th Congressional District from Winthrop to Framingham, including western Cambridge, is poised to become the first woman to serve as House majority leader after Democrats won control of the House, Cambridge Day reported. Party leadership elections are in January.
Clark ran unopposed and won her eighth term. She began on the Melrose School Committee in 2001, served in the state House and Senate, and won the seat Ed Markey left for the Senate. She is currently minority whip. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York is expected to become the first Black speaker.
Clark's near-term priorities include oversight of the Trump administration and ending the war with Iran, Cambridge Day reported. "We are on the road to a very solid majority," she told NPR.
Additional reporting
The Democratic representative-elect, who unseated longtime Republican incumbent Marc Lombardo, will be one of the youngest representatives in state history. He will turn 20 the day before he is sworn into the State House. He said the rising cost of living and the need for stronger representation on the local level were issues that resonated with voters.
Gov. Maura Healey, on the winds of a resounding victory, said she's also focused on issues like affordability and housing. Election Day saw a blue wave sweep across the country, with Democrats gaining control of the Legislature. President Donald Trump said he'll work with the party in power.
Trump said he accepts the results of the election, even as some U.S. Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska have yet to be called. ELECTION RESULTS: Top Mass. Races | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Result Maps | Mass. Ballot Questions | Mass. Governor | Mass. U.S. Senate | New England Top Races | Mass. U.S. House | Statewide Offices | Mass. Legislature
What is still unknown
Final vote totals in the Billerica race and the full makeup of the new state House were not reported.
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