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 Democrat Donald Payne Jr. from November 2012 until his death in 2024.
New Jersey's 10th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 746,241 | ||
Median household income | $67,939[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+30[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+30, it is the most Democratic district in New Jersey.[2]
Counties and municipalities in the district edit
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 Township
Recent statewide election results edit
Year | Office | Winner |
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2000 | President | Gore 83 - 16% |
2004 | President | Kerry 82 - 18% |
2008 | President | Obama 87 - 13% |
2012 | President | Obama 88 - 11.5% |
2016 | President | Clinton 85 - 13% |
2017 | Governor | Murphy 85.1% - 13.3% |
2020 | President | Biden 84 - 15% |
2020 | Senate | Booker 85.0% - 13.1% |
2021 | Governor | Murphy 81.4% - 15.6% |
Recent election results edit
1988 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 86,433 | 84.5 | |
Republican | Andrew Wirtz | 15,913 | 15.5 | |
Turnout | 102,346 | 100% |
2004 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Payne (incumbent) | 90,264 | 100 |
2008 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 169,945 | 98.92 | |
Socialist Workers Party | Michael Taber | 1,848 | 1.08 |
2010 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |
List of members representing the district edit
References edit
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ a b "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List".
- ^ 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."
- ^ [1], New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2021. Accessed November 5, 2022.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 08, 1988".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 06, 1990".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 03, 1992".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 08, 1994".
- ^ "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.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- New Jersey 2011 Congressional Redistricting Commission