Donald Payne Jr. Archives - New Jersey Globe

Payne headed to another term in Congress

November 3, 2020 8:23 pm

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) will win another term in the House of Representatives, the New Jersey Globe projects. He will defeat Republican challenger Jennifer Zinone, a Bayonne Community leader running as a conservative in a district where Democrats typically...

Payne slows spending after costly uncompetitive primary

October 16, 2020 3:47 pm

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) reigned in his spending after what appeared to be a needlessly costly primary, expending just $51,076 in the third quarter of 2020, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The five-term...

House Dems want answers on USPS resource removals, staffing levels

September 30, 2020 4:21 pmOctober 1, 2020 7:32 pm

All 10 Democratic members of New Jersey’s House delegation demanded information on how prepared the U.S. Postal Service was to administer the state’s mostly-mail election in a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Wednesday. “As you know, millions of Americans...

Pascrell, House Dems prod DOJ on ‘politically-driven’ long-term care probe

September 23, 2020 1:03 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) and a host of other House Democrats on Wednesday asked the U.S. Department of Justice whether it planned to expand its probe into the handling of the virus at long-term care centers would extend past a...

Statements on Harris VP pick

August 11, 2020 4:56 pmAugust 12, 2020 9:46 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden announced he had chosen U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris to run on his ticket as vice president Tuesday. Here’s how New Jersey reacted. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LORETTA WEINBERG “I am overjoyed that he has picked a...

Small wins in Atlantic City

July 8, 2020 4:23 pm

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small defeated Panela Thomas-Fields to win the chance to run for a (full) term as Atlantic City mayor. With many votes uncounted, Small led his challenger with more than 60% of the vote. Despite his troubled...

With few ballots counted, Small leads in Atlantic City

July 8, 2020 1:03 amJuly 8, 2020 5:58 am

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small leads with roughly 60% of the vote with one of the city’s six wards in his bid for a full term against longtime community activist Pamela Thomas-Fields, but the rest of the ballots cast in...