Donald M. Payne

★ U.S. Representative

Born: July 16, 1934
Died: March 6, 2012
Age at death: 77
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1988–2010

Career timeline

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12-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Payne1.3M

Opponents188,991

Elections run

Between 1988 and 2010, Donald M. Payne ran in 12 U.S. House elections, winning all 12. Payne's biggest single-election total was 169,945 votes, in the 2008 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 10. Payne's closest win came in the 1990 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 10, decided by 33,152 votes.

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How many votes has Donald M. Payne received?

Donald M. Payne has received 1,258,777 popular votes across 12 U.S. elections, with a career record of 12–0.

Election history

Donald M. Payne’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2010	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	95,29985.18%	Michael J. Alonso Robert Louis Toussaint Joanne Miller
2008	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	169,94598.92%	Michael Taber
2006	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	90,264100%	—
2004	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	155,69796.88%	Toy-Ling Washington Sara J. Lobman
2002	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	86,43384.45%	Andrew Wirtz
2000	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	133,07387.52%	Dirk B. Weber Maurice Williams (head-to-head)
1998	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	82,24483.5%	William Stanley Wnuck Richard J. Pezzullo Maurice Williams (head-to-head)
1996	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	127,12684.16%	Vanessa Williams Harley Tyler Toni M. Jackson
1994	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	74,62275.86%	Jim Ford Rose Zeidwerg Monyek Maurice Williams (head-to-head)
1992	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	117,28778.38%	Alfred D. Palermo Roberto Caraballo William J. Leonard
1990	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	42,10681.44%	Howard E. Berkeley George Mehrabian
1988	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	84,68177.35%	Michael Webb Anthony Imperiale Mindy Birdno Alvin Curtis Alan Bowser

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (P000149) and Wikidata (Q1240103). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Donald M. Payne: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/donald-m-payne. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.