LaMonica McIver will win special election Democratic primary for deep-blue House seat in New Jersey, CNN projects

LaMonica McIver, the president of the Newark City Council, will win the Democratic nomination in the special election for a deep-blue New Jersey seat, CNN projects, putting her on the fast track to enter Congress later this fall.

McIver was among 11 Democrats running in the state’s 10th Congressional District to serve out the remaining term of the late Democratic Rep. Donald Payne Jr. The seat, which includes parts of Newark and Jersey City and the nearby suburbs, is the most Democratic in the state. Joe Biden would have carried it under its current lines by 60 points in 2020, making McIver the favorite against Republican Carmen Bucco in the special general election on September 18.