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March 15, 2007 - 9:40am

Right now, is Donald Payne New Jersey's most vulnerable Congressman?

While Democrats seem to be focused on Linda Stender’s rematch with Mike Ferguson, the most vulnerable incumbent in New Jersey’s thirteen-member congressional delegation could be Donald Payne.

The ten-term Congressman remains politically estranged from the most powerful man in his district, Newark Mayor Cory Booker.  His brother is challenging Booker’s candidate for State Senate in the 29th district, and his nephew is running on an opposition slate for Assemblyman in the 28th district.

If Booker decides he wants to new Congressman representing Newark, the 72-year-old Payne could have a problem in the 2008 Democratic primary.

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