Representative · New Jersey's 8th district

Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez is a Democratic representative for New Jersey's 8th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 0, and cast 465 of 471 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2023
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	0.0%0 of 675 · rank 413 of 439	99%465 of 471 · rank 165 of 439	210 became law	16%51 of 321
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.3%16 of 1,222 · rank 296 of 442	98%828 of 842 · rank 171 of 442	140 became law	19%52 of 279

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.51+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
H.R. 8595: Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.Nay
Jul 15, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 104–314· Against party
S. 1582: GENIUS ActYea
Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
H.R. 3633: Digital Asset Market Clarity ActYea
Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 294–134· Against party
H.J.Res. 25: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".Yea
Mar 11, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 292–132· Against party
H.R. 23: Illegitimate Court Counteraction ActYea
Jan 9, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 243–140· Against party
H.R. 8774: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· Against party
H.R. 4763: Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century ActYea
May 22, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 279–136· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActNay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Nay
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72· Against party
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159· Against party
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Communications and Technology
Energy
Environment

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to New Jersey's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $185M
Per resident: $240
Rank in New Jersey: 11 of 12
Contract actions: 768; New awards: 348

By fiscal year

90.9MFY2017
107.7MFY2018
140.7MFY2019
129.8MFY2020
156.9MFY2021
122.8MFY2022
164.8MFY2023
219.5MFY2024
208.5MFY2025
185MFY2026

Top buyers

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$46.3M25%
Department of Justice
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$29.7M16%
Department of Homeland Security
Defense Logistics Agency$20.8M11%
Department of Defense
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response$16.4M8.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Emergency Management Agency$11.2M6.0%
Department of Homeland Security
Washington Headquarters Services$10.7M5.8%
Department of Defense
U.S. Coast Guard$6.1M3.3%
Department of Homeland Security
Agricultural Marketing Service$5.9M3.2%
Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

EFFECTUAL PUBLIC SECTOR INC$45.8M25%
3 awards
THE GEO GROUP, INC.$21M11%
1 award
BETHEL INDUSTRIES INC$19.3M10%
14 awards
SCYNEXIS INC$16.4M8.9%
1 award
INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE, INC.$11.9M6.4%
3 awards
THE TRUSTEES OF THE STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$11M5.9%
16 awards
CORECIVIC, INC.$7.9M4.3%
1 award
EDESIA, INC.$5.9M3.2%
4 awards
GOTENNA, INC.$4.5M2.4%
4 awards
C & S BUILDING SERVICES INC$3.9M2.1%
4 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $2M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $679.7K
From committees: $717.7K; 231 committees
From contractor PACs: $162.5K; 53 PACs · 23% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
quest diagnostics incorporatedquest diagnostics incorporated political action committee	$8,500	QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATEDAI match · 100% · the same organization	$67.1M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal	$7,500	COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$453.1K
boston scientific corporationboston scientific corporation political action committee (bsc pac)	$7,500	BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$20M
general motors companygeneral motors company political action committee (gm pac)	$7,000	GENERAL MOTORS LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$652.9M
davita inc.davita inc. political action committee (dapac)	$6,500	DAVITA INC.AI match · 97% · the same organization	$179.4M
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)	$6,000	AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	-$3,412
bank of america corporationbank of america corporation federal pac	$6,000	BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · of one corporate family	—
american dental associationamerican dental association political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 98% · the same organization	$78.5K
novartis corporationnovartis corporation political action committee	$5,000	NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$36.2M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$2M	$717.7K	$162.5K53 PACs · 23% of committee money
2024	$2.4M	$802.7K	$131K42 PACs · 16% of committee money
2022	$1.8M	$344.2K	$36K15 PACs · 10% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · New Jersey's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: menendez.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-7919
Office: 2453 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.