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Donald Payne Jr.

Donald M. Payne Jr.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 10th district
Assumed office
November 6, 2012
Preceded by Donald M. Payne
Newark Municipal Councilman of the At-Large District
In office
July 1, 2006 – November 6, 2012
Essex County Freeholder At-Large
In office
January 1, 2006 – November 6, 2012
Personal details
Born Donald Milford Payne Jr.
(1958-12-17) December 17, 1958 (age 58)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Beatrice
Children Donald III, Jack, and Yvonne
Residence Newark, New Jersey
Alma mater Kean University (did not graduate)
Website http://payne.house.gov/

Donald Milford Payne Jr. (born December 17, 1958) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district since 2012. Payne, a member of the Democratic Party, served as president of the Newark, New Jersey city council from 2010 to 2012.

Following the death of his father, U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne, in March 2012, Payne ran to succeed his father in Congress. He won the Democratic primary election on June 5, 2012, which is tantamount to election in the heavily Democratic district, and won the general election on November 6, 2012. Prior to all that, he won a special election to fill the seat for the remainder of his father's term.

Payne was born and raised with his two sisters Wanda and Nicole in Newark, New Jersey. His father Donald M. Payne, served in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 until his death in 2012; he was the first African-American to represent the state of New Jersey in Congress. His mother Hazel Payne (née Johnson), died in 1963 when Payne was 5 years old. As a teenager, Payne was the founder and first President of the Newark South Ward Junior Democrats. He went on to study graphic arts at Kean University. He was an adviser at the YMCA Youth in Government Program.

He worked for the New Jersey Highway Authority from 1991 until he joined the Essex County Educational Services Commission in 1996, where he worked as the Supervisor of Student Transportation.


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