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Common Ground Scorecard for Donald Payne, Jr.

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U.S. House

Donald Payne, Jr. (NJ-10 - D)

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Donald M. Payne Jr., who represents the same New Jersey district that his father did for more than two decades, focuses his efforts in Congress on transportation, national-security preparedness, and gun control. Prior to following his father into politics, Paine worked as a toll collector for the New Jersey Highway Authority. He also worked with Essex County College to create a hospitality industry job-training program with college credit for students.

(Bloomberg Government biography of Donald Payne, Jr.)

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Top Organizations and Groups

  • House Committee on Homeland Security
  • House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Common Ground Score is

43
*Common Ground Maverick*
Somewhat Above Average

Based on a scale of 0-100, below is a breakdown of the Common Ground Score:

Official PerformanceMAX 30
3
Personal ActionsMAX 30
0
CommunicationsMAX 20
20
CommitmentsMAX 20
20
BONUS: Outstanding Common GrounderMAX 10
0

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Official Performance Commentary

Top 75% for Official Performance.

Personal Actions Commentary

There is no information available to support this score.

Communications Commentary

"There are many issues... that Congress can work on together and find common ground... but we must start the bipartisan conversations and remember that we are here, not to further our own political gain, but to help improve the lives of the people we represent."

Commitments Commentary

Affirmed Common Grounder Commitments.

Outstanding Commmon Grounder Commentary

There is no information available to support this score.

What are the score ranges?

  • Champion
  • Well Above Average
  • Somewhat Above Average
  • Average
  • Somewhat Below Average
  • Well Below Average

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For candidates without congressional or gubernatorial service, Official Performance points are a predictive estimate using statistical modeling.

Personal Actions points can be provisionally awarded for a commitment to take the action(s) within the first six months of office, if elected.

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