Harry Styles Stan Elected to Congress Sends Fans Wild—'We Have Infiltrated'

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The U.S. House of Representatives' newest member once rubbed shoulders with pop star Harry Styles.

Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost made history at the 2022 midterm elections as the first person from Generation Z to be elected to the U.S Congress.

Frost, 25, won Florida's 10th congressional district, defeating Republican Calvin Wimbish.

"WE WON!!!! History was made tonight. We made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better future. I am beyond thankful for the opportunity to represent my home in the United States Congress. #FL10," Frost tweeted on November 8.

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Newly elected Congressman Maxwell Frost (main) at the Pride Parade in Orlando, Florida, on October 15, 2022. Harry Styles (inset) at the Los Angeles premiere of "My Policeman" on November 01, 2022. Fans have been... Getty Images North America/Giorgia Rivera/Kevin Winter

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren celebrated his win and replied to him: "Your voice will make a difference in Washington, and I'm very glad I'll get to serve alongside you!"

The Gen-Z politician also received an endorsement from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

After his historic victory, Frost's fans began to retweet an old photo of him posing with Styles.

Frost snapped the selfie in 2014 when the singer was still a part of the British boy band, One Direction.

"Yea... you could say we're friends now," Frost captioned the eight-year-old photo.

His fellow One Direction fans joked that he was the "first Directioner elected to Congress," while another said "we have infiltrated."

"America finally has 1d stan representation in Congress," another fan commented, using the term to describe eager fans.

And a fourth added: "I love this man. Like 25 and won a house seat and is a Harry fan. How could you not love him?!"

Frost won 59 percent of the vote compared to Wimbish's 39.5 percent in the Orlando-based seat.

He first got involved in campaigning after the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Frost went on to become an organizing director at gun control advocacy group March for Our Lives and ran on a platform of gun control as well as universal healthcare and environmental policies.

The Afro-Cuban political science major was raised in Florida by an adoptive mother of Cuban origin and promised he was not afraid to fight for what he believed in.

"I'm not afraid to pull up," Frost told The Guardian. "I have been Maced. I've been to jail for talking about what I believe in. So the threshold for uncomfortability is higher than the average person's."

He also warned not to expect him to act like other members of Congress whose median age is 58.

"You're gonna see me at concerts," he says. "You're gonna see me drumming. You're gonna see me dancing. I was just at a library, and somebody came up to me and said: 'I saw you dancing on stage on election day and it made me really happy to see a politician dancing.'

"We've been conditioned to think politicians should behave a certain way. That's why I danced on that stage after my speech. I want to give people a little taste of me and demystify the whole thing for them. I am you, you are me; I'm a small piece of a bigger puzzle."

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Shannon Power is a Greek-Australian reporter, but now calls London home. They have worked as across three continents in print, newspapers and broadcast, specializing in entertainment, politics, LGBTQ+ and health reporting. Shannon has covered high profile celebrity trials along with industry analysis of all the big trends in media, pop culture and the entertainment business generally. Shannon stories have featured on the cover of the Newsweek magazine and has been published in publications such as, The Guardian, Monocle, The Independent, SBS, ABC, Metro and The Sun. You can get in touch with Shannon by email at s.power@newsweek.com and on X @shannonjpower. Languages: English, Greek, Spanish.



Shannon Power is a Greek-Australian reporter, but now calls London home. They have worked as across three continents in print, ... Read more