Your Voice in Government
Legislators
Who Represents Lowell
Lowell is big enough that no single representative speaks for all of it. At the State House, one state senator and three state representatives split the city, so which one is yours depends on your ward and precinct. In Washington, the whole city shares one member of Congress and the state’s two U.S. senators. Below is who they are right now, including one seat that is currently empty.
State Senator
1st Middlesex District · Democrat
Vanna Howard
Vanna Howard’s path to the Senate runs through Lowell’s story. She won a special election in March 2026 to fill the 1st Middlesex seat after Senator Edward J. Kennedy, a former Lowell mayor, died in office in 2025. Howard was born in Cambodia and fled the Khmer Rouge genocide with her family before resettling in the United States, the same journey thousands of her constituents made. She represented the 17th Middlesex House district before moving up to the Senate.
State Representatives
Three House districts carve up Lowell, and one of the three seats is vacant right now. Use the lookup tools below to find which district covers your address.
16th Middlesex District · Democrat
Rodney M. Elliott
Currently Vacant
Find Your Exact Legislator
Because Lowell is split across districts, the surest way to find your senator and representative is to look up your own address.
In Washington
All of Lowell sits in the 3rd Congressional District, represented by U.S. Representative Lori Trahan, a Lowell native who has held the seat since 2019. In the U.S. Senate, the whole state is represented by Elizabeth Warren, the senior senator, and Edward J. Markey, the junior senator, both serving since 2013.
Sources
Massachusetts Legislature (malegislature.gov). Verified July 2026.
Open States (Plural). Verified July 2026.
What this seat decides
The state and federal seats
Your State Representative and your State Senator. State law: the driving age, the minimum wage, the bottle deposit, and Chapter 70, the formula that decides how much state money your schools get. They also carry a home rule petition to the State House when your town votes for something state law does not yet allow it to do.
Your member of Congress and your two US Senators. Federal law and federal money, and help with a federal agency like Social Security, the VA, or immigration when someone in your family needs it. They also nominate candidates to the US service academies.
Knowing who represents you is step one. Step two is writing to them so it lands.