A 28-Year-Old Novice, She Took on the Machine and Won

Julia Fahl, who is running unopposed for the mayor of Lambertville, N.J., Aug. 2, 2018. Fahl defeated an incumbent in the primary race for mayor of Lambertville, who had been in office since the year Fahl was born. "I don’t want to be mayor in 20 years. But I did make a commitment to get some serious stuff done," she said. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)