LaMonica McIver, the Newark city council president, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to complete the unexpired term of Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., who died in April.
McIver had 46 percent of the vote in the 11-person primary contest when The Associated Press called the race a half hour after polls closed.
She will face Republican Carmen Bucco, a small-business owner who was unopposed in the Republican primary, in a Sept. 18 special election. McIver is the favorite to win the special election in the heavily Democratic 10th District. Payne won his 2022 election with 77.6 percent of the vote.
