Newark Council President LaMonica McIver easilywon Tuesday’s crowded special Democratic primary election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in Congress. The Associated Press called the race at 8:30 p.m., just half an hour after the polls closed. McIver defeated 10 other candidates for the party’s support to finish out the final few months of Payne’s term representing North Jersey’s 10th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Gov. Phil Murphy called the special election after Payne, a Democrat, died in office after suffering a heart attack in April. The 10th is…
