2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election

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2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election
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  2022 September 18, 2024 November 2024  

New Jersey's 10th congressional district
  LaMonica McIver 118th Congress portrait.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee LaMonica McIver Carmen Bucco
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote27,4025,258
Percentage81.4%15.6%

U.S. Representative before election

Donald Payne Jr.
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

LaMonica McIver
Democratic

The 2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election was held on September 18, 2024, to fill the vacant seat in New Jersey's 10th congressional district. The winner will serve in the United States House of Representatives for the remainder of the 118th United States Congress. The seat became vacant on April 24, 2024, when Donald Payne Jr. died following a heart attack related to complications from diabetes. [1] The urban district is considered a safely Democratic seat; Payne Jr. had won all 7 bids for this seat with at least 77.6% of the vote.

Contents

On May 3, Governor Phil Murphy scheduled the special election for September 18, with primaries being held on July 16. This was the first non-November special election for a vacant House seat in New Jersey since 1950 which Republican William Widnall won after incumbent Representative J. Parnell Thomas was convicted on corruption charges. [2] This was the first time since 1989 where no one from the Payne family represented this district.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Derek Armstead

State legislators

Party officials

LaMonica McIver

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

County officials

Local officials

Party officials

Political parties

Labor unions

Jerry Walker

State legislators

County officials

Declined to endorse

Local officials

Political parties

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 26, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Derek Armstead (D)$51,325 [b] $18,875$32,449
Brittany Claybrooks (D)$9,036$6,637$2,398
Darryl Godfrey (D)$67,865 [c] $59,667$8,197
LaMonica McIver (D)$90,833 [d] $33,985$56,847
Shana Melius (D)$13,126 [e] $9,755$4,871
Source: Federal Election Commission [31]

Results

Results by county:
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McIver
40-50%
50-60%
Walker
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Results by county:
  McIver
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Walker
  •   40–50%
Democratic primary results [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic LaMonica McIver 12,507 47.4
Democratic Derek Armstead3,59613.6
Democratic Jerry Walker2,5689.7
Democratic Darryl Godfrey1,8156.9
Democratic Brittany Claybrooks1,3775.2
Democratic Shana Melius1,1964.5
Democratic Sheila Montague9663.7
Democratic Alberta Gordon7562.9
Democratic John Flora6842.6
Democratic Eugene Mazo5862.2
Democratic Debra Salters3161.2
Total votes26,367 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Carmen Bucco

Political parties

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Carmen Bucco (R)$16,790$7,231$9,559
Source: Federal Election Commission [31]

Results

Republican primary results [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Carmen Bucco 2,015 100.0
Total votes2,015 100.0

Independents

Declared

General election

Results

2024 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic LaMonica McIver 27,402 81.39% +3.75%
Republican Carmen Bucco5,25815.62%−6.42%
One For All... [f] Russell Jenkins5301.57%N/A
Creating Real Progress [f] Rayfield Morton4761.41%N/A
Total votes33,666 100.00%
Democratic hold
By county
CountyLaMonica McIver
Democratic
Carmen Bucco
Republican
Russell Jenkins
One For All...
Rayfield Morton
Creating Real Progress
Write-inMarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Essex 15,93186.3%1,88710.2%
Hudson 3,27883.5%50512.9%
Union 7,06070.8%2,73427.4%
Total

Notes

  1. New Jersey State Council and 32BJ
  2. $5,000 of this total was self-funded by Armstead
  3. $2,300 of this total was self-funded by Godfrey
  4. $1,025 of this total was self-funded by McIver
  5. $10,000 of this total was self-funded by Melius
  6. 1 2 3 4 Not an actual political party. In New Jersey, independent candidates are allowed to choose a ballot label

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