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      • Party

        Democratic
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      • Current Office

        U.S. House
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      • First Elected

        11/8/1988
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      • Next Election

        2014
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      • Missed Vote %

        3.19%
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      • Votes with Party

        94.37%
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      333 North Broad Street Elizabeth, NJ

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    • Donald Milford Payne, Jr. is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district since 2012. Payne, a member of the Democratic Party, previously served as president of the Newark, New Jersey city council from 2010 to 2012.
      Following the death of his father, U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne, in March 2012, Payne ran to succeed his father in Congress. He won the Democratic primary election on June 5, 2012, which is tantamount to election in the heavily Democratic district, and won the general election on November 6, 2012. In addition, he won a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of his father's term....
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Date Born

BORN

12/17/1958

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

Newark, NJ

Home City

HOME CITY

Newark, NJ

Religion

Religion

  Baptist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Vice President, Urban Data Systems Incorporated, 1976-1989 Executive, Prudential Insurance Company, 1963-1975 Former Educator, Pulaski Elementary Former Educator, Robert Treat Junior High Former Educator, Southside High Former National President, Young Men's Christian Association

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1988-2012 Council Member, Newark Municipal City Council, 1982-1988 Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1980, 1986 Candidate, Essex County Executive, 1978 Freeholder, Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1972-1978

EDUCATION

BA, Seton Hall University, 1957

FAMILY

Widowed; 3 Children: Donald Jr., Wanda, Nicole

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Rep. Donald Payne

    Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Member, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Foreign Affairs), Member, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Member, Committee on Homeland Security, Member,