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)
Map of New Jersey with the 2026 district highlighted

New Jersey, District 8

DemocraticU.S. House · New Jersey District 8ChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H2NJ13075 · Principal campaign committee: MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$2,236,501.68
Total spent$1,790,787.41
Cash on hand$722,399.83
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $1,251,801.33PACs and other committees: $886,109.23Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $83,900.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $14,691.12
  • 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

$1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $150,495.69APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $111,662.14JULY QUARTERLY: raised $225,616.16JULY QUARTERLY: spent $108,283.70OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $320,409.82OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $157,591.76YEAR-END: raised $212,231.47YEAR-END: spent $98,657.81APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $514,668.07APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $199,596.30PRE-PRIMARY: raised $126,756.61PRE-PRIMARY: spent $402,736.30JULY QUARTERLY: raised $408,588.13JULY QUARTERLY: spent $477,186.76OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $202,533.84OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $219,942.522025-032025-092026-032026-06

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.

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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.

The race

New Jersey U.S. House, District 8, 2026 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Robert Menendez (D)$2,236,501.68$722,399.832026-10-14
Robert J. Menendez (D)$2,236,501.68$722,399.832026-10-14
Mussab Ali (D)$277,636.90$0.002026-09-26
Richard Joseph Barilla (I)$5,600.00$1,851.032026-04-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DAugust 13, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 10, 2025

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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