New Jersey's 10th congressional district

"NJ-10" redirects here. The term may also refer to New Jersey Route 10.

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 is represented in Congress by Democrat LaMonica McIver, who was sworn in on September 23, 2024, to finish the term of the late Donald Payne, Jr.

New Jersey's 10th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	LaMonica McIver D–Newark
Distribution	100% urban 0.00% rural
Population (2023)	768,591
Median household income	$73,615[1]
Ethnicity	48.5% Black 21.4% Hispanic 18.8% White 6.3% Asian 3.5% Two or more races 1.4% other
Cook PVI	D+27[2]

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+27, 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]

Essex County: (9)

Caldwell, East Orange, Essex Fells, Irvington, Montclair (part; also 11th), Newark (part; also 8th), Orange, Verona, West Orange

Hudson County: (1)

Jersey City (part; also 8th)

Union County: (8)

Cranford, Garwood, Hillside, Kenilworth, Linden (part; also 7th), Roselle, Roselle Park, Union

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[5][6]
2008	President	Obama 81% - 18%
2012	President	Obama 85% - 15%
2016	President	Clinton 82% - 16%
2017	Governor	Murphy 83% - 16%
2018	Senate	Menendez 81% - 17%
2020	President	Biden 81% - 18%
	Senate	Booker 82% - 17%
2021	Governor	Murphy 78% - 21%
2024	President	Harris 75% - 24%
	Senate	Kim 75% - 22%

Recent election results

1988

1988 election^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne, Newark	84,681	77.35%
	Republican	Michael Webb, East Orange	13,848	12.65%
	Independent	Anthony Imperiale, Newark	5,422	4.95%
	Socialist Workers	Mindy Birdno, Newark	4,539	4.15%
	Independent	Alvin Curtis, Jersey City	551	0.50%
	Independent	Alan Bowser, East Orange	432	0.40%
Majority			70,833	64.70%
Turnout			109,473	100%

1990

1990 election^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	42,106	81.44%
	Republican	Howard E. Berkeley	8,954	17.32%
	Socialist Workers	George Mehrabian	643	1.24%
Majority			33,152	64.12%
Turnout			51,703	100%

1992

1992 election^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	117,287	78.38%
	Republican	Alfred D. Palermo	30,160	20.16%
	Libertarian	Roberto Caraballo	1,272	0.85%
	Socialist Workers	William Theodore Leonard	913	0.61%
Majority			87,127	58.23%
Turnout			149,632	100%

1994

1994 election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	74,622	75.86%
	Republican	Jim Ford	21,524	21.88%
	Independent	Rose Monyek	1,598	1.63%
	Socialist Workers	Maurice Williams	624	0.63%
Majority			53,098	53.98%
Turnout			98,368	100%

1996

1996 election^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	127,126	84.2
	Republican	Vanessa Williams	22,086	14.6
	Independent	Harley Tyler	1,192	0.8
	Independent	Toni M. Jackson	656	0.4
Turnout			151,060	100%

1998

1998 election^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	82,244	83.5
	Republican	William Stanley Wnuck	10,678	10.8
	Independent	Richard J. Pezzullo	3,293	3.3
	Independent	Maurice Williams	2,279	2.3
Turnout			98,494	100%

2000

2000 election^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	133,073	87.5
	Republican	Dirk B. Weber	18,436	12.1
	Independent	Maurice Williams	536	0.4
Turnout			152,045	100%

2002

2002 election^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	86,433	84.5
	Republican	Andrew Wirtz	15,913	15.5
Turnout			102,346	100%

2004

2004 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	155,697	96.88%
	Green	Toy-Ling Washington	2,927	1.30%
	Independent	Sara Lobman	2,089	1.82%
Majority			152,770	95.06%
Turnout			160,713
	Democratic hold

2006

New Jersey's 10th congressional district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne (incumbent)	90,264	100

2008

New Jersey's 10th congressional district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	169,945	98.92
	Socialist Workers Party	Michael Taber	1,848	1.08

2010

2010 election^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne (incumbent)	95,299	85.2
	Republican	Michael J. Alonso	14,357	12.8
	Independent	Robert Louis Toussaint	1,141	1
	Independent	Joanne Miller	1,080	1
Turnout			111,877	100%

2012

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2012^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr.	201,435	87.6
	Republican	Brian Kelemen	24,271	10.5
	Independent	Joanne Miller	3,127	1.4
	Libertarian	Mick Erickson	1,227	0.5
Total votes			230,060	100
	Democratic hold

2014

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2014^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent)	95,734	85.4
	Republican	Yolanda Dentley	14,154	12.6
	Independent	Gwendolyn A. Franklin	1,237	1.1
	Independent	Dark Angel	998	0.9
Total votes			112,123	100
	Democratic hold

2016

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2016^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent)	190,856	85.7
	Republican	David H. Pinckney	26,450	11.8
	Independent	Joanne Miller	3,719	1.7
	Independent	Aaron Walter Fraser	1,746	0.8
Total votes			222,771	100
	Democratic hold

2018

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne Jr. (incumbent)	175,253	87.6
	Republican	Agha Khan	20,191	10.1
	Independent	Cynthia Johnson	2,070	1.0
	Independent	Joanne Miller	2,038	1.0
	Libertarian	Scott DiRoma	607	0.3
Total votes			200,159	100

2020

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2020^{[citation needed]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent)	241,522	83.3
	Republican	Jennifer Zinone	40,298	13.9
	Independent	Akil Khalfani	3,537	1.2
	Independent	Liah Fitchette	3,480	1.2
	Libertarian	John Mirrione	1,172	0.4
Total votes			290,009	100
	Democratic hold

2022

New Jersey's 10th congressional district, 2022^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent)	99,613	77.6
	Republican	David Pinckney	25,792	20.1
	Independent	Cynthia Johnson	1,955	1.5
	Libertarian	Kendal Ludden	624	0.5
	Independent	Clenard J. Childress Jr.	378	0.3
Total votes			128,362	100
	Democratic hold

2024

2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	LaMonica McIver	26,269	81.17%	+3.53%
	Republican	Carmen Bucco	5,126	15.84%	−6.20%
	One For All...[a]	Russell Jenkins	515	1.59%	N/A
	Creating Real Progress[a]	Rayfield Morton	454	1.40%	N/A
Total votes			32,364	100.00%
	Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District established March 4, 1903
Allan Langdon McDermott (Jersey City)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired.	1903–1913 part of Jersey City
James A. Hamill (Jersey City)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Edward W. Townsend (Montclair)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	1913–1933 parts of Essex (excluding Belleville, Bloomfield, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Nutley, Orange, and parts of Newark)
Frederick R. Lehlbach (Newark)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Fred A. Hartley Jr. (Pittstown)	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired.	1933–1967 parts of Essex (Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Nutley and parts of Newark) and Hudson (East Newark, Harrison, Kearney)
Peter W. Rodino (Newark)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1989	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired.
					1967–1973 parts of Essex (Belleville, Bloomfield, Cedar Grove, Glen Ridge, Montclair, Nutley and parts of Newark)
					1973–1983 parts of Essex (East Orange, Glen Ridge, Newark)
					1983–1985 parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Newark, and Orange) and Union (Hillside)
					1985–1993 parts of Essex (East Orange, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Newark, and South Orange) and Union (Hillside)
Donald M. Payne (Newark)	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – March 6, 2012	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Died.
					1993–2003 parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union
					2003–2013 parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union
Vacant		March 6, 2012 – November 13, 2012	112th
Donald Payne Jr. (Newark)	Democratic	November 13, 2012 – April 24, 2024	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected to finish his father's term. Elected to full term in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Died.
					2013–2023 parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union (Hillside, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park and parts of Union Township)
					2023–present parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union (Cranford, Hillside, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, Union Township, and parts of Linden)
Vacant		April 24, 2024 – September 23, 2024	118th
LaMonica McIver (Newark)	Democratic	September 23, 2024 – present	118th 119th	Elected to finish Payne's term. Re-elected in 2024.

Notes

1. Not an actual political party. In New Jersey, independent candidates are allowed to choose a ballot label