AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional election
Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. In the race, Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver, Republican small business owner Carmen Bucco and two minor-party candidates are running to serve out the remaining 15 weeks of Payne’s unexpired term
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who died in April after more than 11 years in office.
Running to replace him are Democrat LaMonica McIver, president of the Newark City Council, Republican Carmen Bucco, a small business owner, and two minor-party candidates. McIver won a crowded and at times contentious 11-way primary on July 16, while Bucco was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
The winner will serve out the remaining 15 weeks of Payne’s unexpired term. Payne posthumously won the Democratic nomination for a seventh full term in the June 4 state primary, and New Jersey party officials named McIver to replace him on the general election ballot once she prevailed in the special primary. Bucco will be on the November ballot as the Republican nominee, along with four minor-party candidates who are not running in the special election.
Democrats have a considerable electoral advantage in the 10th District. President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both carried the district in the 2020 and 2016 presidential races with more than 80% of the vote.
