MCIVER, LaMonica, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., in 1986; graduated from Central High School, Newark, N.J., 2004; B.A., Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, N.J., 2008; M.A., Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., 2011; staff, Newark Public Schools, Newark, N.J., 2006-2013; human resources manager; non-profit executive; member of the Newark, N.J., city council, president, 2022-2024; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Donald Payne Jr. (September 18, 2024-present).