U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Jr., a six-term Democratic congressman from New Jersey, has died, Fox News confirmed Wednesday.
Payne was 65 and had been affected by well being issues for years. His father, the late Rep. Donald Payne Sr., D-N,J., additionally died in workplace in 2012.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s workplace mentioned he and his spouse are “deeply saddened by the tragic passing of our friend, and a steadfast champion for the people of New Jersey, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.”
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Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., listens throughout the House Homeland Security Committee listening to on “Havoc in the Heartland: How Secretary Mayorkas’ Failed Leadership Has Impacted the States” on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc through Getty Images)
According to the New Jersey Globe, Payne had a coronary heart assault on April 6 and had since been hospitalized on a ventilator.
The GOP hangs onto a slim majority within the House. Rep. Mike Gallagher. R-Wisc., was purported to resign final week. But he has not. The House at the moment has 218 Republicans, 212 Democrats, and 5 vacancies: Payne died. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., together with former Reps. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., and Ken Buck, R-Colo., resigned.
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