The late Rep. Donald Payne will win New Jersey's primary on Tuesday. Officials are preparing for a special election to fill Payne's seat later this summer.
State and party officials are already preparing for a competitive special election to fill Payne’s seat later this summer. Payne, 65,Following Payne’s posthumous win on Tuesday, the Democratic committee members of the 10th District’s areas in Essex, Union, and Hudson counties will meet to select their nominee to replace him on the regular November ballot.
With Payne’s vacant seat in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson had a one-seat majority. That majority will move to two seats later on Monday after Republican Vince Fong is sworn in as the newest GOP representative in the House. FongSeparate from the Nov. 5 regular general election ballot, Gov. Phil Murphy set a July 16 special primary election and a special general election on Sept. 18 to select a new member to finish out Payne’s term.
The state’s 10th District is one of the most Democratic districts in the nation, and no Democratic nominee has received less than 75% of the district’s vote in the last two decades. It has not elected a Republican since 1946.
Carmen Bucco was the only Republican to file for the seat, so he will likely be the party’s nominee in the September special election.
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