| Election Name: | 2012 New Jersey's 10th congressional district special election |
| Country: | New Jersey |
| Type: | by-election |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2010#District 10 |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2012#District 10 |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | New Jersey's 10th congressional district |
| Nominee1: | Donald Payne Jr. |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 166,413 |
| Percentage1: | 97.4% |
| Representative | |
| Before Election: | Donald M. Payne |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Donald Payne Jr. |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 325px |
The 2012 special election in New Jersey's 10th congressional district was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democrat Donald M. Payne Sr. died in March 2012. His son Donald Payne Jr. won the June 5, 2012 Democratic special and regular primaries for this seat and the subsequent special and regular general elections, winning all in landslides.
As a matter of convenience and cost saving, this special election was held in conjunction with the regularly scheduled general election on November 6, 2012. Voters were asked to select two candidates: one to serve the remainder of Payne's term in the 112th Congress, and the other to serve the full 2-year term in the 113th Congress beginning in January 2013.[1]
The following Democratic candidates ran in the special election primary on June 5, 2012:
No Republicans declared their intent to run in the special election for the unexpired term. Brian Kelemen ran as the Republican candidate for the full term.