New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday set a July primary and a September general election to fill the Newark-based U.S. House ...

State Sen. Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, and Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura were emotional as the casket containing the ...

A special general election will be held in New Jersey in September to fill the House of Representatives seat left vacant by ...

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. is being remembered as "a true hero to the people of New Jersey" at his funeral​ Thursday in Newark.

A Newark Democrat, he succeeded his father, who was the first Black member of his state’s congressional delegation.

US Rep. Donald Payne Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, has died, Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday. “We are saddened to ...

In the heart of Newark on Thursday, political leaders from New Jersey and beyond celebrated the life of U.S. Rep. Donald ...

Special elections will be held July 16 and Sept. 18 to fill the Congressional vacancy left by Rep. Donald Payne Jr.'s death ...

A primary election has been scheduled for July 16, to begin the process of filling a Newark-based U.S. House seat which is ...

Officials say U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey has died after a heart attack this month that left him hospitalized.

Nearly every speaker remarked on Payne’s fashion sense — his handmade bowties made in Newark, the colorful socks he’d sport, ...

Payne’s seat in a solidly Democratic district was previously held by his father, Rep. Donald Payne Sr., who died in 2012.