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U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 8th District

Robert Menendez

Democrat 2nd term On 2026 ballot

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.2M raised · top PACs: American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Elect Diverse Democrats PAC, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 2 of 13 party-line votes (15%; most Democrats: 8%)
99LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
9BipartMed 12
6BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2023–now
3 years in CongressMore senior than 18% of the House
Committees
  • Energy and Commerce 21st minority
Age
41

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

  • IAristotle Eliopoulos

    No background confirmed yet

    No FEC filing

  • ICraig Honts

    No background confirmed yet

    No FEC filing

  • IDa'Shone Hughey

    No background confirmed yet

    No FEC filing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date1722213296746
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1402791,23514

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Immigration 29% no bills
Government Operations and Politics 14% 5%
Transportation and Public Works 10% 18%

StatementsBills

Words go to Immigration, Government Operations and Politics and Health; bills go to Transportation and Public Works and Science, Technology, Communications.

  • He talks most about: Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Consumer Product Safety (Commerce), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works).
  • 22 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberEnergy and Commerce Committee21st minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 18% of the House, in the minority.

  • 3 years in Congress: more senior than 18% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Republican bills

18% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Menendez.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

18% of his cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in his party: Menefee and Kamlager-Dove.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 20 · expected 19
Action in committee 9 · expected 5
Beyond committee 3 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 168 of 433 in the House

0.88expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 20 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.88 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 5967 (out of committee), H.R. 7294 (out of committee), H.R. 1717 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.51

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 6 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.51, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 2 of 13, International Affairs 2 of 14, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Menendez$2.2M raised55%40%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

56% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.2M raised, 40% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 24.5 points.

107 PACs of the 178 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Health.

  1. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO99% D
  2. Elect Diverse Democrats100% D
  3. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers96% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

160 bills

Menendez voted Yea on 20, Nay on 54, and sponsored or cosponsored 86 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.