Robert Menendez
DRep. NJ-8 · U.S. House · 2 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Menendez sits more conservative than 5% of the House and more liberal than 94%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Menendezsays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Membership$11K
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSLabor$10K
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L ELabor$10K
- ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership$10K
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$9K
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATIONLabor$8K
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC)Corporate$8K
- Corporate47%
- Other / unclassified15%
- Trade15%
- Labor14%
- Membership10%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Labor unions$85K
- Health & medicine$62K
- Telecom & media$43K
- Pharma & biotech$41K
- Insurance$29K
- Finance & banking$21K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 37% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleMenendez's campaign has spent $1.0M across 444 reported disbursements.
- Advertising & media$326K 32%
- Events & fundraising$261K 26%
- Consulting & research$175K 17%
- Other$127K 13%
- Payroll & admin$117K 12%
- MEDIA FORTITUDE$215K
- FROST GROUP$175K
- CARDMEMBER SERVICES$97K
- MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.$85K
- MALTZMAN SCHEPPS, SAMANTHA$80K
- PATINKIN RESEARCH STRATEGIES$42K
- KENWOOD GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBBETHESDA, MD$3K
- BETTER DAYS EATERY & BARJERSEY CITY, NJ$2K
- ARONSON, LAURENCHEVY CHASE, MD$505
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents New Jersey's 8th district · age 41 · from Union City.
Robert Jacobsen Menendez Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party and son of former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, he was a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for Menendez in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Richard Joseph BarillaIndependentChallenger$6Kraised ↗
- Mussab AliDemocratChallenger$227Kraised ↗
+ 1 other minor candidate with little or no money raised.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Anthony ValdesRepublicanChallenger$8Kraised ↗
+ 5 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Robert actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Nay23-Jul-2026H R 8884On Passage
- Yea23-Jul-2026H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Motion to Recommit
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Motion to Recommit
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 9770On Passage
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Passage
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Motion to Recommit
- No21-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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