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,

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.

Former Newark city council president LaMonica McIver on Wednesday secured a big victory in New Jersey’s 10th congressional district — a Democratic stronghold —in a special election to replace the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr.