Florida elected the country's first Gen Z congressional representative after 25-year-old Democrat Maxwell Frost won his contest with relative ease.

The Orlando district typically votes Democrat and it was once represented by Democrat Val Demings, who lost her bid to unseat incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio. Frost garnered 59% of the vote to cruise past Republican Calvin Wimbish with 39.5%.

Frost took to Twitter to express his gratitude.

Newly elected representative Maxwell Frost shared his excitement on Twitter on Election Day.

"History was made tonight," Frost tweeted. "We made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better future."

Frost's primary win was a shock to many in the Democratic establishment. He battled his way through a packed field that included several senior political figures. Frost has been politically active since the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., in 2012 motivated him to become a gun-control activist.

He served as the national organizing director for the gun-control advocacy group March for Our Lives.

"The perspective I bring as a young person, as a young Black person, as a young Black Latino person from the South, is important," Frost told the New York Times.

Frost added that his initial priorities included staffing his district offices to help victims of Hurricane Ian.

Business Insider reported that roughly one in four members of congress is in their 70s and 80s. It also found that while nearly half of Americans are under the age of 40, only 5% of Congress is.

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