NJ 10th Primary Election Results: Payne, Zinone Win – Montclair, NJ Patch

NEW JERSEY — U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey’s 10th District succesfully fended off a challenge from two Democratic opponents during the primary election on Tuesday, reports say.

Payne, who has served as congressman for the district since 2012, ran against Eugene Mazo, a professor at Rutgers Law School, and John Flora, an educator in Jersey City. The winner will get the Democratic Party nomination in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Jennifer Zinone, a Bayonne native, church council president and board member of Women of the ELCA, ran unopposed for the Republican Party nomination. The Associated Press declared Zinone the winner late Tuesday night.

Multiple reports have since declared Payne and Zinone as the winners of the Democratic and Republican nominations.

See unofficial results for the Democratic Party race as of late Tuesday evening below, via the Associated Press. Patch will update this article as results are released.

DEMOCRATS

With 38.11 percent of precincts reported

• John Flora – 1,614 votes (3.33 percent)
• Eugene Mazo – 3,137 votes (6.48 percent)
• Donald Payne Jr. – 43,670 votes (90.19 percent)

New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District covers portions of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, including the following municipalities: Bloomfield, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Maplewood, Montclair, Newark, Orange, South Orange, West Orange, Bayonne, Jersey City, Hillside, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park and Union Township.

Due to the coronavirus crisis, most voting took place by mail. All active, registered Democrats and Republicans were automatically mailed ballots. Ballots must be returned with a postmark on or before July 7, and must be received by the county board of elections by 8 p.m. on July 14 to be counted. A limited number of polling places were also open Tuesday for provisional ballots. (Learn more here)

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