Former representative · New Jersey's 10th district
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Donald M. Payne, Jr. served in Congress from 2012 to 2024, last as a Democratic representative for New Jersey's 10th district. In the 118th Congress, 858 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 99, and cast 552 of 554 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Democrat
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Nov 15, 2012
- Last term ended
- Apr 24, 2024
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 858 | 11.5%99 of 858 · rank 22 of 442 | 100%552 of 554 · rank 11 of 442 | 161 became law | 12%54 of 449 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.3%3 of 997 · rank 368 of 443 | 100%570 of 571 · rank 36 of 443 | 282 became law | 4%24 of 611 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Sep 27, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 176–258· Against party
- Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
- Jul 20, 2022· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 163–260· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 366–58
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 311–112
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 154–272
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 71–351
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 105–319
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 385–34
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 360–58
- Apr 20, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 249–167
- H.R. 3602: Transnational Criminal Organization Illicit Spotter Prevention and Elimination ActNot votingApr 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 215–199
- Apr 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 404–14
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 271–147
- Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 259–160
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
44 sponsored · 3 became law
How far they got
- Introduced4091%
- Passed one chamber12.3%
- Became law36.8%
Policy areas
- Health25
- Emergency Management5
- Labor and Employment3
- Transportation and Public Works3
- Crime and Law Enforcement2
- Agriculture and Food1
- Armed Forces and National Security1
- Commerce1
Latest activity
- H.R. 3254 First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies ActBecame law· Emergency Management· Dec 23, 2024
- H.R. 4261 ARC Act of 2023Introduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 3382 Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness ActIntroduced· Health· Dec 17, 2024
- H.R. 1765 SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2023Introduced· Agriculture and Food· Dec 16, 2024
- H.R. 1361 Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2023Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Dec 16, 2024
- H.R. 4128 Payment Choice Act of 2023Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· May 7, 2024
- H.R. 7503 Health Equity for People with Disabilities ActIntroduced· Health· Mar 8, 2024
- H.Res. 1050 Supporting the designation of March 2024 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.Introduced· Health· Mar 1, 2024
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
No committee seats are listed.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to New Jersey's 10th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $245.7M
- Per resident
- $317
- Rank in New Jersey
- 9 of 12
- Contract actions
- 45.3K
- New awards: 44.2K
By fiscal year
- 131.8MFY2017
- 213.2MFY2018
- 242.2MFY2019
- 246.3MFY2020
- 1.4BFY2021
- 1.2BFY2022
- 301.3MFY2023
- 354.4MFY2024
- 291.5MFY2025
- 245.7MFY2026
Top buyers
- Public Buildings Service$47.1M19%General Services Administration
- Department of Veterans Affairs$40.1M16%
- Defense Logistics Agency$39.7M16%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$36.7M15%Department of Defense
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$23.4M9.5%Department of Homeland Security
- Office of Procurement Operations$13.8M5.6%Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$5.5M2.2%
Top recipients
- FRANK M. GARGIULO & SON, INC.$37.2M15%41,866 awards
- CLEAR LINCS LLC$36.9M15%1 award
- DONJON MARINE CO., LLC$30.4M12%13 awards
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.$17.6M7.2%1 award
- M WILKINSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY$7.8M3.2%1 award
- BCT PARTNERS LLC$7.5M3.1%270 awards
- PARAGON SYSTEMS INC$6.9M2.8%3 awards
- GOLDEN SVCS, LLC$6.8M2.8%1 award
- FEDCAP REHABILITATION SERVICES, INC$6.6M2.7%20 awards
- PGIM, INC.$5.5M2.2%1 award
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2024 cycle
- Raised
- $440.6K
- through Jun 30, 2024
- Cash on hand
- $281
- From committees
- $233.8K
- 95 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $54K
- 20 PACs · 23% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2024
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac) | $5,500 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $685.7K |
| international union of painters and allied tradesinternational union of painters and allied trades political action together political committee | $5,000 | INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADESAI match · 99% · the same organization | — |
| parsons corporationparsons corporation political action committee | $5,000 | PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $748M |
| at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac) | $5,000 | AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family | -$3,412 |
| phillips 66phillips 66 pac | $5,000 | PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization | $658.1M |
| johnson & johnsonjohnson & johnson political action committee | $4,500 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CARE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | — |
| international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac | $2,500 | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization | $5,280 |
| honeywell internationalhoneywell international political action committee | $2,500 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $260.5M |
| comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal | $2,500 | COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $453.1K |
| bunge north america incbunge north america inc political action committee | $2,500 | BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, INCAI match · 100% · the same organization | -$534 |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $440.6K | $233.8K | $54K20 PACs · 23% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.4M | $741.5K | $101.2K34 PACs · 14% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtJan 3, 2023 – Apr 24, 2024
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtJan 3, 2013 – Jan 3, 2015
- House · New Jersey's 10th districtNov 15, 2012 – Jan 3, 2013
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.