Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Robert Menendez

Official portrait of Robert Menendez
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
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
Primary June 4, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of New Jersey with the current district highlighted

New Jersey, District 8

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 8IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2NJ08232 · Principal campaign committee: MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · New Jersey District 8$2,236,501.68General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · New Jersey District 8$2,384,982.94General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · New Jersey District 8$1,752,969.49Won the general election (73.6%)
Total raised$2,384,982.94
Total spent$2,463,492.82
Cash on hand$276,685.56
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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: $1,558,693.85PACs and other committees: $822,382.79Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $3,906.30
  • Individual contributions$1,558,693.8565%
  • PACs and other committees$822,382.7934%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,906.300%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

227 committees reported giving $785,397.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Robert J. Menendez$863,564.02
  • Independent expenditures opposing Robert J. Menendez$465,086.25
  • Company and union communications to members about Robert J. Menendez$34,092.07

FEC totals for the 2024 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.

The race

New Jersey U.S. House, District 8, 2024 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Robert J. Menendez (D)$2,384,982.94$276,685.562024-12-31
Ravi Bhalla (D)$2,213,858.42$0.002024-11-25
Kyle Fort Jasey (D)$51,350.30$8,965.052024-03-31
Anthony Valdes (R)$7,559.58$0.002024-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Cook Political ReportSolid DMarch 21, 2024
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DSeptember 15, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DSeptember 26, 2023
  • Elections DailySafe DSeptember 7, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023
  • Decision Desk HQSafe DOctober 7, 2024

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 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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