New Jersey's 10th congressional district

New Jersey's 10th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0.00% rural
Population (2024)
800,200
Median household income
$76,594
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+27

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 Donald Payne, Jr., who died earlier in the year.

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.

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.

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.

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
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%
2025 Governor Sherrill 81% - 18%

Recent election results

1988

1988 election
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic LaMonica McIver 26,269 81.17% +3.53%
Republican Carmen Bucco 5,126 15.84% −6.20%
One For All... Russell Jenkins 515 1.59% N/A
Creating Real Progress 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
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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 and renominated posthumously on ballot.
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. 1 2 Not an actual political party. In New Jersey, independent candidates are allowed to choose a ballot label

References

  1. ↑ "My Congressional District".
  2. 1 2 "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. April 3, 2025. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ 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."
  4. ↑ , New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2021. Accessed November 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ "DRA 2020". davesredistricting.org. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 08, 1988".
  7. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 06, 1990".
  8. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 03, 1992".
  9. ↑ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 08, 1994".
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "2022 Official General Election Results: U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Department of State - Division of Elections. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Official List, Candidates for House of Representatives For SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION 09/18/2024 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. July 31, 2024. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

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