LOWELL — Incumbent U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan was declared the winner of the Massachusetts 3rd Congressional District after the Associated Press called the race in her favor Tuesday night.
Trahan was on the ballot against Republican challenger Gary Grossi and unenrolled challenger Dennis Conlon. Votes were still being counted Wednesday, but AP totals as of 1:20 p.m. put Trahan ahead with 66.2% of the vote, with Grossi at 31.2% and Conlon with 2.6% with 97% of precincts reporting.
In a statement Tuesday night, Trahan thanked the families and voters of the district for carrying her to a fifth term.
“I was born and raised in this district, and my husband and I are raising our family here, so I don’t take this responsibility for granted for a second,” said Trahan.
On the gains Democrats have made in Congress, Trahan said, “Voters across the political spectrum sent a clear message tonight.”
“They’re paying more for gas, groceries, utilities, and healthcare. They’re fed up with the corruption and chaos coming out of Republican-controlled Washington. And they want leaders who will rein in this rogue president and hold accountable anyone abusing their power to line their own pockets,” said Trahan. “I’m laser-focused on fulfilling that mission by lowering costs and making government work for the American people.”
“Lower costs. End the chaos. Eliminate the corruption. It’s a new day, and we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Trahan said in a social media post Wednesday morning.
Trahan’s win contributed to Massachusetts remaining solidly blue with all 11 of the incumbent Democrats from the state’s House delegation retaining their seats. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Gov. Maura Healey both retained their seats as well, with their respective races being called relatively early after polls closed Tuesday night.
The Democratic wins in Massachusetts were a part of a much larger wave of Democratic victories across the country, with the party convincingly taking control of both chambers of Congress in a major rebuke of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Grossi did not immediately return a request for comment from The Sun Wednesday morning. In a phone call, Conlon said he felt happy to receive votes at all, and that he was able to go through AP’s data to see which towns in the district he did best in. On the Democratic wave as a whole, though, Conlon said he was less happy.
“I am miserable about Chris Pappas and James Talarico and Abdul El-Sayed,” said Conlon, referring to the Democratic winners in the New Hampshire, Texas and Michigan Senate races, respectively. “In the next two months hopefully Republicans will get stuff done. Hopefully they got stung so bad last night they become unified like never before.”
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