LaMonica McIver, the former Newark City Council president, won a special election Wednesday in New Jersey’s 10th District to fill the unexpired term of the late Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr.
McIver had 85 percent of vote to Republican Carmen Bucco’s 12 percent in the heavily Democratic district when The Associated Press called the race at 8:08 p.m. Two independent candidates were also running.
The election fills one of three House seats vacant due to a Democratic member’s death, and will bring the partisan balance in the chamber to 220 Republicans and 212 Democrats when McIver is sworn in.
