2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election New Jersey by-election no United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2010#District 10 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2012#District 10 2012 (regular) New Jersey's 10th congressional district 2012 11 06 125px Donald Payne Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 166,413 97.4% Representative Donald M. Payne Democratic Party (United States) Donald Payne Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 325px New Jersey's 10th congressional district at the time of the 2012 special election. The 2012 special election in New Jersey's 10th congressional district was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democrat Donald M. Payne Sr. died in March 2012. His son Donald Payne Jr. won the June 5, 2012 Democratic special and regular primaries for this seat and the subsequent special and regular general elections, winning all in landslides. Schedule As a matter of convenience and cost saving, this special election was held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled general election on November 6, 2012. Voters were asked to select two candidates: one to serve the remainder of Payne's term in the 112th Congress, and the other to serve the full 2-year term in the 113th Congress beginning in January 2013.http://atr.rollcall.com/new-jersey-special-election-dates-for-payne-seat-set/ New Jersey: Special Election Dates For Payne Seat Set March 30, 2012 March 31, 2012 Roll Call Abby Livingston April 1, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401203310/http://atr.rollcall.com/new-jersey-special-election-dates-for-payne-seat-set/ dead Candidates Democratic The following Democratic candidates ran in the special election primary on June 5, 2012: Donald Payne Jr., President of the Newark Municipal Council, member of the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and son of former U.S. Representative Donald M. Paynehttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/donald_payne_jr_to_seek_father.html Donald Payne Jr. to seek father's Congressional seat March 17, 2012 March 17, 2012 The Star-Ledger Ronald C. Rice, member of the Newark Municipal Councilhttp://www.northjersey.com/news/essex/031612_Newark_Councilman_Rice_to_run_for_Congress.html Newark Councilman Rice to run for Congress March 16, 2012 March 16, 2012 NorthJersey.com Associated Press Angela Delli Santi Wayne Smith, Mayor of Irvingtonhttp://www.politickernj.com/55833/irvingtons-mayor-smith-gets-cd-10-race Irvington's Mayor Smith gets in CD 10 race March 27, 2012 March 27, 2012 Politicker NJ Max Pizarrohttp://teaneck.patch.com/articles/primary-battles-expose-rift-among-nj-democrats Primary Battles Expose Rift Among NJ Democrats April 4, 2012 April 12, 2012 Teaneck Patch Colleen O'Dea Democratic Special Election Primary resultshttp://nj.gov/state/elections/2012-results/2012-official-primary-results-special-house-0723.pdf Unofficial Primary Election Results: Special Election - US House of Representatives New Jersey Division of Elections March 24, 2018 May 3, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170503040931/http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/2012-results/2012-official-primary-results-special-house-0723.pdf dead Donald Payne Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 32,951 70.67 Ronald C. Rice Democratic Party (United States) 11,503 24.67 Democratic Party (United States) Wayne Smith 2,175 4.67 46,629 100 Republican No Republicans declared their intent to run in the special election for the unexpired term. Brian Kelemen ran as the Republican candidate for the full term. Independent Joanne Miller, a teacher from Newark and candidate for this seat in 2010Candidates for Special House Election for General Election 11/06/2012 Election http://www.njelections.org/2012-results/2012-official-general-candidates-special-house.pdf njelections.org https://web.archive.org/web/20140223135453/http://www.njelections.org/2012-results/2012-official-general-candidates-special-house.pdf February 23, 2014 August 10, 2012 dead General election Results New Jersey's 10th Congressional District special election, 2012 Democratic Party (United States) Donald Payne Jr. 166,413 97.37 Independent (politician) Joanne Miller 4,500 2.63 161,913 94.73 Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyNJ DOS - Division of Elections - Election Results Archive https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2012/2012-municipality-special-hor-district10.pdf 2025-01-16 nj.gov Donald Payne Jr.Democratic Joanne MillerOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Essex (part) 106,683 98.0% 2,204 2.0% 104,479 96.0% 108,887 Hudson (part) 14,713 97.1% 447 2.9% 14,266 94.2% 15,160 Union (part) 45,017 97.1% 1,849 2.9% 43,168 94.2% 46,866Totals166,41397.4%4,5002.6%161,91394.8%170,913 References 30em External links Donald Payne Jr. for Congress 10th congressional district New Jersey 10 United States House of Representatives 2012 10 2012 10 special New Jersey 2012 10 New Jersey 10