LaMonica McIver | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 10th district | |
Assumed office September 23, 2024[1] | |
Preceded by | Donald Payne Jr. |
President of the Newark Municipal Council | |
In office July 1, 2022 – September 17, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Luis A. Quintana |
Succeeded by | C. Lawrence Crump |
Member of the Newark Municipal Council from the Central Ward | |
In office July 1, 2018 – September 23, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Gayle Cheneyfield-Jenkins |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | June 20, 1986
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Bloomfield College (BA) Seton Hall University (MA) Kean University (EdD) |
Website | House website |
LaMonica R. McIver (born June 20, 1986)[citation needed] is an American politician who is a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Jersey's 10th congressional district, having won the September 2024 special election to succeed Donald Payne Jr., who died in office in April 2024.[2] She is the first woman to hold the seat.
Raised in the Central Ward of Newark, New Jersey, she graduated from Central High School in 2004.[3] Prior to entering politics, McIver worked as a personnel director for Montclair Public Schools.[4] She was elected to the Municipal Council of Newark in 2018[5] and became its president in 2022.[6] She resigned from the council presidency in 2024 (while remaining a council member) to focus on her congressional campaign, being succeeded by C. Lawrence Crump.[7]