New Jersey residents will vote in the special election to fill a seat left open by the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr.

Voters in northern New Jersey are set to settle a special U.S. House election to fill the seat that opened when Rep. Donald Payne Jr. died earlier this year. Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver and Republican Carmen Bucco are competing for the seat in the heavily Democratic and majority-Black 10th Congressional District.

Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr.

Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver (D) has won the special election to fill a vacant House seat representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. McIver defeated Republican Carmen Bucco,

Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has defeated Republican small businessman Carmen Bucco in a contest in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District that opened up because of the death of Rep.

A special election is being held to select a replacement for former Representative Donald Payne Jr., who died in April during his sixth term in office. LaMonica McIver, the president of the Newark City Council,

It’s been a volatile year for Democrats in New Jersey, where the party dominates state government and the congressional delegation. Now they will decide who will serve out the remaining 15 weeks of Payne’s unexpired term.