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New Jersey's 10th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 10th Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D) defeated Yolanda Dentley (R), Dark Angel ("Future.Vision.") and Gwendolyn Franklin ("Bullying Breaks Hearts") in the general election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. New Jersey utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is generally limited to registered party members. Unaffiliated voters can register as party members at the polls on primary election day. Otherwise, a voter must indicate his or her party preference (e.g., via an updated voter registration) no later than the 55th day preceding the primary in order to vote in that party's primary.[4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 13, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014 (21 days before election).[5]
- See also: New Jersey elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Donald Payne, Jr. (D), who was first elected in 2012.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, New Jersey's 10th Congressional District was located in the northern portion of the state and included parts of Essex, Union and Hudson counties.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
Yolanda Dentley- Donald Payne, Jr. - Incumbent
Dark Angel ("Future. Vision.")[7]- Gwendolyn Franklin ("Bullying Breaks Hearts")[7]
June 3, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Donald Payne, Jr. Incumbent |
85.4% | 95,734 | |
| Republican | Yolanda Dentley | 12.6% | 14,154 | |
| Future. Vision. | Dark Angel | 0.9% | 998 | |
| Bullying Breaks Hearts | Gwendolyn Franklin | 1.1% | 1,237 | |
| Total Votes | 112,123 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
Primary election
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Donald Payne, Jr. Incumbent |
91.3% | 24,490 | ||
| Robert Louis Toussaint | 4.8% | 1,291 | ||
| Aaron Fraser | 2.6% | 697 | ||
| Curtis Vaughn | 1.3% | 360 | ||
| Total Votes | 26,838 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections - Official Election Results |
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Campaign contributions
Donald Payne, Jr.
Candidates for Congress were required to file up to seven main reports with the Federal Election Commission during the 2014 elections season. Below are Payne's reports.[10]
| Donald Payne, Jr. (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly (amended)[11] | August 7, 2013 | $28,672.66 | $27,122.54 | $(42,410.23) | $13,384.97 | ||||
| July Quarterly (amended)[12] | October 18, 2013 | $13,384.97 | $136,250.00 | $(60,173.29) | $89,461.68 | ||||
| October Quarterly[13] | October 14, 2013 | $89,461.68 | $26,085.00 | $(48,549.93) | $66,996.75 | ||||
| Year-End Quarterly[14] | December 31, 2013 | $66,996 | $56,185 | $(44,610) | $69,576 | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | April 14, 2014 | $69,576.45 | $46,035.00 | $(44,264.96) | $71,346.49 | ||||
| Pre-Primary (amended)[16] | October 6, 2014 | $71,346.49 | $74,849.64 | $(42,105.06) | $104,091.07 | ||||
| July Quarterly (amended)[17] | October 6, 2014 | $104,091.07 | $49,385.00 | $(80,491.86) | $72,984.21 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2014 | $72,984.21 | $65,575.00 | $(64,052.68) | $74,506.53 | ||||
| Pre-General[19] | October 22, 2014 | $74,506.53 | $28,050.00 | $(18,147.15) | $84,409.38 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $509,537.18 | $(444,805.16) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
On November 6, 2012, Donald Payne, Jr. (D) won election to the United States House. He defeated Brian Kelemen, Mick Erickson and Joanne Miller in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Donald M. Payne Jr. |
87.6% | 201,435 | |
| Republican | Brian Kelemen | 10.5% | 24,271 | |
| Libertarian | Mick Erickson | 0.5% | 1,227 | |
| Independent | Joanne Miller | 1.4% | 3,127 | |
| Total Votes | 230,060 | |||
| Source: New Jersey Division of Elections | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Donald Payne won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael J. Alonso (R), Robert Louis Toussaint (Action No Talk) and Joanne Miller (Agent of Change) in the general election.[20]
| U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Donald M. Payne incumbent |
85.2% | 95,299 | |
| Republican | Michael J. Alonso | 12.8% | 14,357 | |
| Action No Talk | Robert Louis Toussaint | 1% | 1,141 | |
| Party of Change | Joanne Miller | 1% | 1,080 | |
| Total Votes | 111,877 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 House Race Ratings for August 8, 2014," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ FairVote's Monopoly Politics, "2014 House Projections," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 25, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State, "N.J. Rev. Stat. § 19:23–45," accessed December 11, 2025
- ↑ New Jersey Department of State Website, "Voter Registration Information," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ New Jersey Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed September 25, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 New Jersey Division of Elections, "General election candidates for U.S. House," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 New Jersey Department of State, "Candidates for House of Representatives," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ Curtis Vaughn, "About Curtis," accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Payne 2014 Summary reports," accessed July 23, 2013
- ↑ FEC, "April Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "July Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "October Quarterly," accessed October 25, 2013
- ↑ FEC, "Year-End Quarterly," accessed February 12, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "April Quarterly," accessed April 30, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "Pre-Primary," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "July Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "Pre-General," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
