Democratic New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. dead at 65

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 suffering from wellness problems for years. His father, nan precocious Rep. Donald Payne Sr., D-N,J., besides died successful agency successful 2012.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's agency said he and his woman are "deeply saddened by nan tragic passing of our friend, and a patient champion for nan group of New Jersey, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr." 

Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., listens during nan House Homeland Security Committee proceeding connected "Havoc successful nan Heartland: How Secretary Mayorkas' Failed Leadership Has Impacted nan States" connected Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

According to nan New Jersey Globe, Payne had a bosom onslaught connected April 6 and had since been hospitalized connected a ventilator.

The GOP hangs onto a slim mostly successful nan House. Rep. Mike Gallagher. R-Wisc., was expected to resign past week. But he has not. The House presently has 218 Republicans, 212 Democrats, and 5 vacancies: Payne died. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on pinch erstwhile Reps. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., and Ken Buck, R-Colo., resigned.

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