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Robert Menendez

U.S. Representative · NJ-8 · Democrat

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Money and votes

2025–26 cycle · through Oct 1, 2026Method

107 PACs of the 180 that gave

Of the 180 PACs that gave to Menendez and have a lobbying organization behind them, 107 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

59% · House median: 58%

160 bills

Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 160 bills. Menendez voted Yea on 20, Nay on 54, and sponsored or cosponsored 86 with no recorded vote.

$357K of $737K

Those 107 PACs gave Menendez $357K, 49% of all the PAC money he received.

House median: 41%

PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $2.2M.

A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.

Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied

  1. H.R. 5408 Faster Labor Contracts Act $53K11 PACs

    Yea on passage

    Roll 216 · 230–193

    Jun 9, 2026

  2. H.R. 20 Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025 $45K12 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Mar 5, 2025

  3. H.R. 6703 Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act $32.5K10 PACs

    Nay on passage

    Roll 349 · 216–211

    Dec 17, 2025

Top 3 of 183 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 23 broad must-pass bills among them

Who funds Menendez 235 PACs

  1. American Association for JusticeMembership group PAC · funds 216 other members98% to Democrats
  2. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIOLabor union PAC · funds 206 other members99% to Democrats
  3. Elect Diverse Democrats PACIndependent PAC · funds 35 other members100% to Democrats

All 183 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro

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Campaign totals from Menendez’s own reports

FEC H2NJ08232

$2.2M

raised this cycle · 40% PACs and other committees, 56% individuals (1% of the total in gifts of $200 or less), 4% transfers and other

$722K

cash on hand, 32% of what he raised

Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Oct 1, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.

Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 41 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.

55 of Menendez’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.

Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Menendez’s leadership PAC (Resilient Majority PAC) is reported separately.