New Jersey's 10th congressional district is an urban congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district consists of portions of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, and includes the cities of Newark and Orange. The district is majority African American and was represented in Congress by DemocratDonald Payne Jr. from November 2012 until his death in 2024.
The district was previously represented by Donald Payne Jr.'s father, Donald M. Payne Sr., from 1989 to 2012, and became vacant as a result of the elder Payne's death on March 6, 2012. On November 15, 2012, Donald Payne Jr. was sworn into office and on January 3, 2013, he began serving his first full term.[3]
The 10th congressional district (together with the 9th) was created starting with the 58th United States Congress in 1903, based on redistricting predicated on the results of the 1900 census. It has been a Newark-based district since 1933, and has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1949. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+30, it is the most Democratic district in New Jersey.[2]
Counties and municipalities in the district
The district from 2003 to 2013
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 18 municipalities.[4]
^Hernandez, Raymond. "Donald M. Payne, First Black Elected to Congress From New Jersey, Dies at 77", The New York Times, March 6, 2012. Accessed March 7, 2012. "Representative Donald M. Payne, a former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus who achieved a long-held goal of becoming the first black congressman from New Jersey, died on Tuesday in Livingston, N.J. He was 77."
^"Official List General Election Returns for the Office of House of Representatives for Election Held November 5, 1996" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State. January 31, 1997. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^Official List Candidate Returns for House of Representatives for November 1998 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 1, 1998. Accessed January 24, 2022.
^Official List Candidate Returns for House of Representatives for November 2000 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, April 17, 2008. Accessed January 24, 2022.
^Official List Candidate Returns for House of Representatives for November 2002 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, December 3, 2002. Accessed January 24, 2022.
^Official List Candidate Returns for House of Representatives for November 2010 General Election, New Jersey Department of State, November 29, 2010. Accessed January 24, 2022.
^"2022 Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
New Jersey 2011 Congressional Redistricting Commission
