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2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election
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New Jersey's 10th congressional district
 
Nominee Donald Payne Jr.
Party Democratic
Popular vote 166,413
Percentage 97.4%
Representative before election

Donald M. Payne
Democratic

Elected Representative

Donald Payne Jr.
Democratic

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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

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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.[1]

Candidates

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Democratic

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The following Democratic candidates ran in the special election primary on June 5, 2012:

Democratic Special Election Primary results[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donald Payne Jr. 32,951 70.67
Democratic Ronald C. Rice 11,503 24.67
Democratic Wayne Smith 2,175 4.67
Total votes 46,629 100

Republican

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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

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  • Joanne Miller, a teacher from Newark and candidate for this seat in 2010[7]

General election

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Results

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New Jersey's 10th Congressional District special election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donald Payne Jr. 166,413 97.37
Independent Joanne Miller 4,500 2.63
Majority 161,913 94.73
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ Livingston, Abby (March 30, 2012). "New Jersey: Special Election Dates For Payne Seat Set". Roll Call. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "Donald Payne Jr. to seek father's Congressional seat". The Star-Ledger. March 17, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Delli Santi, Angela (March 16, 2012). "Newark Councilman Rice to run for Congress". NorthJersey.com. Associated Press. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
  4. ^ Pizarro, Max (March 27, 2012). "Irvington's Mayor Smith gets in CD 10 race". Politicker NJ. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  5. ^ O'Dea, Colleen (April 4, 2012). "Primary Battles Expose Rift Among NJ Democrats". Teaneck Patch. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  6. ^ "Unofficial Primary Election Results: Special Election - US House of Representatives" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Candidates for Special House Election for General Election 11/06/2012 Election" (PDF). njelections.org. August 10, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2014.
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