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New Jersey Democrats Elect Dead Congressman Donald Payne Jr. in Primary

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Democrat voters in New Jersey elected deceased Representative  Donald Payne Jr. in Tuesday’s primary.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Representative Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-NJ) died on April 24th at 65.

Before his death, Payne spent the last two weeks in a coma due to having a heart attack and complications with diabetes.

Despite being dead, Payne won New Jersey’s 10th District Democratic primary with 99.9% of the vote.

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Payne was able to win the election because New Jersey’s deadline to run for Congress was in March, and Payne died in April.

Per The New York Post:

Democratic voters picked a much-beloved congressman from New Jersey in the primary on Tuesday — but there’s only one problem: He’s dead.

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