Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Robert Menendez
- Office
- U.S. representative for New Jersey’s 8th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Jersey City, NJ
- Born
- 1985
- In Congress
- House since 2023 · 3 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- MENENDEZ, ROBERT J.
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Jersey, District 8
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2NJ08232 · Principal campaign committee: MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 8 | $2,236,501.68 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 8 | $2,384,982.94 | General-election nominee |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · New Jersey District 8 | $1,752,969.49 | Won the general election (73.6%) |
Total raised$1,752,969.49
Total spent$1,397,774.05
Cash on hand$355,195.44
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,351,233.7377%
- PACs and other committees$356,273.0020%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$43,244.632%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,218.130%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Communications and Technology
- Energy
- Environment
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
103 committees reported giving $335,223.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEW MILLENNIUM PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- FILEMON VELA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$8,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,900.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LO 825 POLITICAL ACTION AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
Show all 103 committees
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SIKH IMPACTConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ORGANON & CO. EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- BGR PACConnected PAC$4,923.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- SIRES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- BLUEPAC - BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$2,900.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MERCK & CO., INC., EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MERCK PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA - PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MENENDEZ FOR SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VEOLIA NORTH AMERICA (PARAMUS), INC. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE PAC (VNA WATER FEDERAL PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- DOYLE FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PACPAC$2,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CONNOLLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RO FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ADRIANO ESPAILLAT FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT AFL-CIO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TTD/PAC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COVANTA ENERGY LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COVANTA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ICSC PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED PILOTS PAC/UNITED AIRLINES MASTER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EMD SERONO, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FMR LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL (FIDELITY PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ASPIRE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA NEEDS NEW INNOVATION AND ENERGY PACPAC$1,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR REAL MONUMENTAL ACTION (NORMA PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BEST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENERATION GO LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GUARDING AGAINST PANDEMICS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- BACARDI U S A INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- GIBBONS P.C. PAC, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- SUNOVION PHARMACEUTICALS INC. GOOD GOVERNANCE FUNDConnected PAC$500.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Robert J. Menendez$265,126.25
- Independent expenditures opposing Robert J. Menendez$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about Robert J. Menendez$34,253.43
FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- PROTECT OUR FUTURE PACSupporting$250,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEESupporting$15,126.00
The race
New Jersey U.S. House, District 8, 2022 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert J. Menendez (D) | $1,752,969.49 | $355,195.44 | 2022-12-31 |
| Brian Varela (D) | $632,657.10 | $1,358.75 | 2022-06-30 |
| Albio Sires (D) | $224,140.00 | $87,861.81 | 2022-12-31 |
| David Ocampo Grajales (D) | $41,191.70 | $0.00 | 2022-09-30 |
| Ricardo Luis Rojas (D) | $13,658.00 | $6,904.92 | 2022-03-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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