Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Robert Menendez
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · New Jersey District 8
- Filing address
- Jersey City, NJ (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MENENDEZ, ROBERT
- Next election
- Primary June 2, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
New Jersey, District 8
FEC candidate ID H2NJ13075 · Principal campaign committee: MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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$1,251,801.3356%
- PACs and other committees$886,109.2340%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$83,900.004%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$14,691.121%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$27,300.222%
- Contributions over $200$1,196,668.1898%
- Itemized from inside New Jersey$483,844.5440%
- Itemized from other states$713,909.6460%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $340,802.07 · District of Columbia $72,795.00 · California $71,943.00 · Maryland $64,305.00 · Virginia $31,357.14. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
27 committees reported giving $47,500.00 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.
- CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JUNTOS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MCKESSON CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AKA - PRUDENTIAL FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE / AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE CIGNA GROUP EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION NON-PARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TARGET CORPORATION CITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM (TARGETCITIZENS POLITICAL FORUM) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED AIRLINES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- EXELON CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENENTECH INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GENENPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- PRIME POLICY GROUP LLC/BURSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOGAN LOVELLS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
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- ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, (ESSENTIAL HOSPITALS PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Robert Menendez$10.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Robert Menendez$0.00
FEC totals for the 2026 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.
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
The race
New Jersey U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Menendez (D) | $2,236,501.68 | $722,399.83 | 2026-10-14 |
| Robert J. Menendez (D) | $2,236,501.68 | $722,399.83 | 2026-10-14 |
| Mussab Ali (D) | $277,636.90 | $0.00 | 2026-09-26 |
| Richard Joseph Barilla (I) | $5,600.00 | $1,851.03 | 2026-04-14 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey (retrieved October 22, 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 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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