The 9th Congressional District is the last district in New Jersey for the U.S. House of Representatives to be called. Nellie Pou is leading the vote count.

This seat replaces the late U.S. congressman Bill Pascrell Jr., who passed away at 87 in August. He was a well-known politician out of Paterson.

Nellie Pou is a 68-year-old Democrat from North Haledon and served as Pascrell’s successor in the State Assembly in 1997, becoming state senator in 2012.

So, the state Sen. Nellie Pou could have a new title of U.S. Representative-elect, beating out Republican challenger Billy Prempeh.

Prempeh is a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from Paterson. Prempeh had run against Pascrell in recent years.Pou could continue to follow in Pascrell’s footsteps, if she were to be sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives for the 9th District.

New Jersey's 9th Congressional District includes parts of Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties. Towns include Edgewater, Franklin Lakes, Lyndhurst, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, Secaucus, Clifton, Passaic and Paterson.