Donald Payne, the first African American elected to the House of Representatives from New Jersey in 1988, has died. He was 77 years old. The New Jersey Rep. passed away after experiencing complications from colon cancer. Democrat Payne, the former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, died at St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, New Jersey. [...]
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