New Jersey's 10th Congressional District

New Jersey's 10th Congressional District

Incumbent

LaMonica McIver

Assumed office: September 23, 2024

New Jersey's 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by LaMonica McIver (D).

As of the 2020 Census, New Jersey representatives represented an average of 774,541 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 733,958 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent LaMonica McIver (D), Shana Melius (D), and Carmen Bucco (R) are running in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		LaMonica McIver (D)
	Submit photo	Shana Melius (D)
		Carmen Bucco (R)

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Special election

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District special election, 2024

General election

Special general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

LaMonica McIver (D) defeated Carmen Bucco (R), Russell Jenkins (One for All), and Rayfield Morton (Creating Real Progress) in the special general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on September 18, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LaMonica McIver (D)	81.4	27,402
		Carmen Bucco (R)	15.6	5,258
		Russell Jenkins (One for All)	1.6	530
		Rayfield Morton (Creating Real Progress)	1.4	476

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,666
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Democratic primary

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on July 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LaMonica McIver	47.4	12,507
		Derek Armstead	13.6	3,596
		Jerry Walker	9.7	2,568
	Submit photo	Darryl Godfrey	6.9	1,815
		Brittany Claybrooks	5.2	1,377
	Submit photo	Shana Melius	4.5	1,196
		Sheila Montague	3.7	966
		Alberta Gordon	2.9	756
		John J. Flora	2.6	684
		Eugene Mazo	2.2	586
	Submit photo	Debra Salters	1.2	316

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,367
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Republican primary

Special Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Carmen Bucco (R) advanced from the special Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on July 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Bucco	100.0	2,015

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,015
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Regular election

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		LaMonica McIver (D)	74.4	182,020
		Carmen Bucco (R)	22.2	54,405
		Jon Serrano (G)	1.3	3,198
		Cynthia Johnson (C4C 2024 Party)	0.9	2,132
		Michelle Middleton (All Of Us! Party)	0.7	1,686
	Submit photo	Donna Weiss (Social Activist Party)	0.5	1,136

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 244,577
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Donald Payne Jr. (D)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) (Withdrew, appeared on ballot) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr. (Withdrew, appeared on ballot)	100.0	30,180

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,180
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Carmen Bucco (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carmen Bucco	100.0	5,264

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,264
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ramon Hernandez (R)

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated David Pinckney (R), Cynthia Johnson (Jobs and Justice), Kendal Ludden (L), and Clenard Childress Jr. (The Mahali Party) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr. (D)	77.6	100,710
	Submit photo	David Pinckney (R)	20.0	25,993
		Cynthia Johnson (Jobs and Justice)	1.5	1,989
	Submit photo	Kendal Ludden (L)	0.5	634
	Submit photo	Clenard Childress Jr. (The Mahali Party)	0.3	381

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 129,707
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Dorothy Jane Humphries (Together We Can)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated Imani Oakley (D) and Akil Khalfani (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr.	83.3	29,680
		Imani Oakley	10.6	3,764
		Akil Khalfani	6.1	2,169

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,613
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

David Pinckney (R) defeated Garth Stewart (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	David Pinckney	82.5	3,581
	Submit photo	Garth Stewart	17.5	760

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,341
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See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated Jennifer Zinone (R), Akil Khalfani (Independent), Khaliah Fitchette (Building Your Legacy Party), and John Mirrione (L) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr. (D)	83.3	241,522
		Jennifer Zinone (R)	13.9	40,298
		Akil Khalfani (Independent)	1.2	3,537
		Khaliah Fitchette (Building Your Legacy Party)	1.2	3,480
		John Mirrione (L)	0.4	1,172

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 290,009
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated Eugene Mazo (D) and John J. Flora (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr.	88.5	83,436
		Eugene Mazo	7.1	6,653
		John J. Flora	4.5	4,239

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,328
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Jennifer Zinone (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on July 7, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Zinone	100.0	3,113

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,113
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Barrett (R)
• Ana Rivera (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated Agha Khan (R), Cynthia Johnson (C4C 2018 Party), Joanne Miller (Never Give Up Party), and Scott DiRoma (L) in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr. (D)	87.6	175,253
		Agha Khan (R)	10.1	20,191
		Cynthia Johnson (C4C 2018 Party)	1.0	2,070
	Submit photo	Joanne Miller (Never Give Up Party)	1.0	2,038
		Scott DiRoma (L)	0.3	607

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 200,159
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated Aaron Fraser (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Payne Jr.	91.7	38,206
		Aaron Fraser	8.3	3,442

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 41,648
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10

Agha Khan (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 10 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Agha Khan	100.0	2,292

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 2,292
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Previous election results

2016

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Donald Payne Jr. (D) defeated David Pinckney (R), Aaron Walter Fraser (New Beginning's), and Joanne Miller (Women of Power) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in June. Payne Jr. won re-election in the November 8 election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald Payne Jr. Incumbent	85.7%	190,856
	Republican	David Pinckney	11.9%	26,450
	Women of Power	Joanne Miller	1.7%	3,719
	New Beginning's	Aaron Walter Fraser	0.8%	1,746
Total Votes				222,771
Source: New Jersey Division of Elections

2014

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 10th Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Donald Payne, Jr. (D) defeated Yolanda Dentley (R), Dark Angel ("Future.Vision.") and Gwendolyn Franklin ("Bullying Breaks Hearts") in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	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

2012

General election

See also: New Jersey's 10th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 10th Congressional District of New Jersey held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Democrat Donald Payne, Jr. won the election in the district.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	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

Special election

On November 6, 2012, Donald M. Payne Jr. won election to the United States House. He defeated Joanne Miller (I) in the special general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 Special election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne Jr.	97.4%	166,413
	Indendent	Joanne Miller	2.6%	4,500
Total Votes				170,913
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.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2010
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

2008
On November 4, 2008, Donald Payne won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael Taber (Socialist Workers) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne incumbent	98.9%	169,945
	Socialist Workers	Michael Taber	1.1%	1,848
Total Votes				171,793

2006
Donald M. Payne (D) ran unopposed for re-election in 2006.

2004
On November 2, 2004, Donald Payne won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Toy-Ling Washington (Independent/Green) and Sara J. Lobman (Independent/Socialist Workers) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne incumbent	96.9%	155,697
	Independent/Green	Toy-Ling Washington	1.8%	2,927
	Independent/Socialist Workers	Sara J. Lobman	1.3%	2,089
Total Votes				160,713

2002
On November 5, 2002, Donald Payne won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Andrew Wirtz (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne incumbent	84.5%	86,433
	Republican	Andrew Wirtz	15.5%	15,913
Total Votes				102,346

2000
On November 7, 2000, Donald Payne won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dirk B. Weber (R) and Maurice Williams (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, New Jersey District 10 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Donald M. Payne incumbent	87.5%	133,073
	Republican	Dirk B. Weber	12.1%	18,436
	Independent	Maurice Williams	0.4%	536
Total Votes				152,045

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2020 census

The New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission enacted a new congressional map on December 22, 2021. This map took effect for New Jersey's 2022 congressional elections. The commission voted 7-6 to approve the Democratic map proposal, with all six Democratic members and the tiebreaker, former New Jersey Supreme Court Judge John Wallace voting to approve. All six Republican members of the commission voted against the map.

How does redistricting in New Jersey work? In New Jersey, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by two distinct politician commissions. The congressional redistricting commission comprises the following 13 members:

1. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the New Jersey State Legislature appoint two commissioners a piece (for a total of eight members).
2. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint two members to the commission (for a total of four members). Commissioners appointed by the political parties cannot be members of Congress or congressional employees.
3. The first 12 commissioners appoint the last member. This member cannot have held public office in the state within the previous five-year period. If the first 12 commissioners cannot agree on an appointment, they must submit two names to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The court must then appoint the final commissioner.

If the congressional redistricting commission fails to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, it must submit two plans to the state Supreme Court, which must in turn select from those two plans a final map.

The state legislative redistricting commission comprises 10 members. The chairs of the state's two major political parties each appoint five members to the commission. In the event that this commission is unable to reach an agreement about a redistricting plan, the state Supreme Court may appoint a tie-breaking member.

State law requires that state legislative districts meet the following criteria:

1. Districts must be contiguous.
2. Districts "must be as nearly compact as possible."
3. Municipalities "must be kept intact, except where otherwise required by law."

There are no such requirements in place for congressional districts.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 10th Congressional District of New Jersey after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in New Jersey after the 2010 census

In 2011, the New Jersey State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+27. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 27 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 10th the 20th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 10th the 18th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 80.6%-18.6%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 10th the 19th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 80.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 18.6%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+36. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 36 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made New Jersey's 10th Congressional District the 11th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.93. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.93 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in New Jersey
• New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
• New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
• New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2020
• New Jersey's 10th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 10

Footnotes

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New Jersey's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Cory Booker (D)

Andrew Kim (D)

Representatives

District 1

Donald Norcross (D)

District 2

Jeff Van Drew (R)

District 3

Herbert Conaway (D)

District 4

Chris Smith (R)

District 5

Josh Gottheimer (D)

District 6

Frank Pallone (D)

District 7

Thomas Kean (R)

District 8

Robert Menendez (D)

District 9

Nellie Pou (D)

District 10

LaMonica McIver (D)

District 11

Vacant

District 12

Bonnie Coleman (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (3)

Vacancies (1)