Donald Payne Jr., Democratic Congressman From NJ, Dies at 65

  • Had been hospitalized since cardiac episode earlier this month
  • Father was New Jersey’s first Black person elected to Congress
Representative Donald Payne speaks during a news conference in 2021. Photographer: Elizabeth Frantz/Bloomberg
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Democrat Donald Payne Jr., a six-term congressman from New Jersey, died Wednesday at the age of 65.

Payne suffered a “cardiac episode” earlier this month related to complications from diabetes, his office announced last week. He had been hospitalized since.