DemocratNot in office · last served 2012Last on a ballot: Nov 2010

Donald Payne

Donald Payne ran in 12 elections between 1988 and 2010, winning 12. Served in the U.S. House (NJ-10).

Career

Offices held, and every time Payne was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

19881992199620002004200820122016202020242028U.S. House, NJ-10Out of office

Margin: how far Payne finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2010	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Michael J. Alonso (R), Robert Louis Toussaint (I), Joanne Miller (I)	85.2%	D+72.3	$617.8K
2008	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Michael Taber (SWP)	98.9%	D+97.8	$804.2K
2006	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Unopposed	100%	—	$613.2K
2004	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Toy-Ling Washington (I), Sara J. Lobman (I)	96.9%	D+95.1	$654.3K
2002	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Andrew Wirtz (R)	84.5%	D+68.9	$597.5K
2000	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Dirk B. Weber (R), Maurice Williams (I)	87.5%	D+75.4	$448.3K
1998	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	William Stanley Wnuck (R), Richard J. Pezzullo (I), Maurice Williams (I)	83.5%	D+72.7	$372.1K
1996	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Vanessa Williams (R), Harley Tyler (I), Toni M. Jackson (I)	84.2%	D+69.5	$388.3K
1994	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Jim Ford (R), Rose Monyek (I), Maurice Williams (SWP)	75.9%	D+54.0	$278.2K
1992	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Alfred D. Palermo (R), Roberto Caraballo (L), William T. Leonard (SWP)	78.4%	D+58.2	$358.7K
1990	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Howard E. Berkeley (R), George Mehrabian (SWP)	81.4%	D+64.1	$303.4K
1988	U.S. House, NJ-10	General	Won	Michael Webb (R), Anthony Imperiale (I), Mindy Birdno (SWP)	77.4%	D+64.7	$545K