Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Donald Payne was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 2012, who voted with most Democrats on 98% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 5 bills that became law (113th–118th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3254 First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies ActDec 23, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-165.
- H.R. 4261 ARC Act of 2023Dec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3382 Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness ActDec 17, 2024 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1765 SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2023Dec 16, 2024 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. McIver asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1765, a bill originally…
- H.R. 1361 Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2023Dec 16, 2024 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. McIver asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1361, a bill originally…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1376 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A.…Became law
- H.R. 4426 (117th) Homeland Security for Children ActBecame law
- H.R. 615 (114th) DHS Interoperable Communications ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 100 (117th) To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of…Became law
- H.R. 6387 (117th) School and Daycare Protection ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2932 (116th) Homeland Security for Children ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2206 (114th) SWIC Enhancement ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3144 (114th) Partners for Aviation Security ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Payne, has won
Rep. Payne, has won 6 U.S. House elections (2012–2022). Of the contested races, margins ran from 57.6 to 77.5 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has New Jersey’s 10th district done while Rep. Payne served?
2012 to 2021 in NJ-10: typical household income was up 16% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 5.6 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New Jersey’s 10th district during Payne’s time representing it (2012 to 2024). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. NJ-10 was redrawn in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2012 to 2024.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 118th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.