In this undated photo provided by the Campaign for LaMonica McIver, Newark, New Jersey, City Council President LaMonica McIver speaks in Newark, N.J. McIver has won the special House Democratic primary to succeed the late Donald Payne Jr. in Congress. (Tamara Fleming/Campaign for LaMonica McIver via AP)
In this undated photo provided by the Campaign for LaMonica McIver, Newark, New Jersey, City Council President LaMonica McIver poses for a photo in Newark, N.J. McIver has won the special House Democratic primary to succeed the late Donald Payne Jr. in Congress. (Tamara Fleming/Campaign for LaMonica McIver via AP)
FILE - Rep. Donald Payne Jr., D-N.J., poses for a ceremonial photo in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol after the new 113th Congress convened, Jan. 3, 2013, in Washington. New Jersey Democrats are set to pick from a crowded field of nearly a dozen people for their House candidate in a special northern New Jersey primary, Tuesday, July 26, 2024, following Payne's death earlier this year. The special general election is slated for Sept. 18. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)