Payne, Donald M. (Donald Milford), Jr., 1958-

Donald Milford Payne Jr. (born December 17, 1958) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district since 2012.

Payne was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, the son of the first African-American to represent the state of New Jersey in Congress, Donald M. Payne, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 until his death in 2012. The younger Payne studied graphic arts at Kean University, was an adviser at the YMCA Youth in Government Program, and worked for the New Jersey Highway Authority from 1991 until he joined the Essex County Educational Services Commission in 1996, where he worked as the Supervisor of Student Transportation.

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