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Washington — Rep. Donald Payne Jr. gained the Democratic main in New Jersey’s tenth Congressional District on Tuesday, greater than a month after he died after a coronary heart assault.
Payne was operating unopposed within the district, and his demise got here after the deadline for different candidates to look on the first poll.
The congressman was hospitalized on April 6 after he “a bodily accident” at his house that led to his hospitalization, his workplace mentioned. Throughout therapy, he skilled “medical issues on account of diabetes and hypertension that led to subsequent cardiorespiratory arrest.” He died at age 65.
Gov. Phil Murphy has referred to as a particular main election on July 16, and a particular basic election on Sept. 18 to fill Payne’s seat for the rest of his time period. A dozen candidates — 11 Democrats and one Republican — have filed to run within the particular main election to succeed Payne.
Payne will even should be changed on the November poll for the time period starting in January 2025. The Democratic county chairs in his district can name a conference to select a nominee, based on the New Jersey Globe. They’ve till Aug. 29 to call a alternative.
Payne was first elected to the Home in 2012, succeeding his late father, Rep. Donald Payne Sr., who died of colon most cancers.
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