Former Democratic Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has been sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives to represent New Jersey’s 10th congressional district seat following a special election win on Sept. 18.
The seat in the House of Representatives was previously held by the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who died in April following a heart attack at 65 years of age. McIver will serve out the remainder of Payne’s term, which ends in January.
In a Sept. 23 speech on the House floor after she was officially sworn in, McIver said she hopes to “blaze new trails together,” and fully realize “the promise of our Great American Nation.”…