Robert Menendez
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Robert Menendez

U.S. Representative (NJ-08)
Next election November 2026
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Committees registered to them

FEC IDCommitteeConnected organisation
C00799767MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSBETTER BLUE FUND

"Connected organisation" is the sponsoring body named in the committee's own registration — the only corporate tie the filing states outright.

Campaign totals, 2026 cycle

Candidate IDReceiptsFrom individualsFrom committees DisbursementsCash on handThrough
H2NJ08232$1,958,766$1,127,127$734,489$1,555,715$679,73706/30/2026

Source: FEC bulk file weball26.

Money in — from other political committees, 2026 cycle

Contributing committeeTotalContributionsRecord
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0006C00024968 →
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0003C00030718 →
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10,0002C00002469 →
PURPOSE PAC$10,0003C00497131 →
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$10,0004C00011114 →
CHC BOLD PAC$10,0002C00365536 →
ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,0002C00336057 →
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$10,0002C00001016 →
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$9,0003C00186288 →
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$8,5004C00329185 →
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$8,5007C00024521 →
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC)$7,5005C00197228 →
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$7,5002C00007542 →
UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)$7,5005C00012245 →
CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC$7,5003C00346353 →

Top 15 of 234 committees, $717,693 total. Each links to that committee's own FEC page, where its donors are listed in turn. This counts contributions the committee actually received. Independent expenditures — money spent for or against them by groups they do not control — are a separate thing and appear below, not here.

Money out — largest payees, 2026 cycle

PayeeTotalPaymentsCommittee
MEDIA FORTITUDE$215,3333C00799767 →
FROST GROUP$196,09719C00799767 →
MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.$192,1648C00799767 →
ROYAL PRINTING SERVICE$134,2293C00799767 →
CARDMEMBER SERVICES$99,53317C00799767 →
MALTZMAN SCHEPPS, SAMANTHA$90,00018C00799767 →
DONOHUE PARTNERS INC.$59,0001C00799767 →
DMGSGD, LLC$45,00018C00799767 →

Vendors and operating costs, not political giving. See the explainer below for what this money can and cannot be used for.

Independent spending supporting them, 2026 cycle

CommitteeAmountFilingsRecord
THINK BIG$638,2785C00923417 →
PROTECT PROGRESS$262,9635C00848440 →
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS$14,0962C70002563 →
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$11,2603C00030718 →

$926,597 from 4 committee(s). Groups spending to support them. They cannot direct this money, and by law may not coordinate with whoever spends it.

Outside spending, 2026 cycle

DirectionAmount (net)
Independent expenditures supporting them$912,505
Independent expenditures opposing them$0

Spent by groups acting independently of the campaign. Net of amendments, so a total can read negative when corrections outweigh new spending. Source: FEC independent expenditures.

Personal financial disclosure — the private side

FiledTypeFiled asDistrictDocument
7/13/2026Annual report (original)Robert J. MenendezNJ08filing PDF →
6/8/2026Filing extensionRobert J. MenendezNJ08filing PDF →
7/14/2025Annual report (original)Robert J. MenendezNJ08filing PDF →
5/9/2025Filing extensionRobert J. MenendezNJ08filing PDF →

Filed by the member themselves under the Ethics in Government Act. These cover personal assets, outside income, liabilities and stock transactions — the private side that campaign filings never show. Source: House Clerk.

Lobbying disclosures — what registrants reported (LD-203), 2024–2026

DateFiled byTypePayeeAmountSource
2028-04-30GENERAL MOTORS COMPANYFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rob Menendez
$3,000filing →
2026-06-30ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC.FECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rob Menendez
$500filing →
2026-06-30TIBER CREEK GROUPFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$500filing →
2026-06-30AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGYFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Robert Menendez
$1,500filing →
2026-06-30TIBER CREEK GROUPFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rob Menendez
$1,000filing →
2026-06-29COMCAST CORPORATIONFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$5,000filing →
2026-06-29SALT POINT STRATEGIESFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring U.S. Representative Rob Menendez
$1,500filing →
2026-06-26HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$2,500filing →
2026-06-26HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$2,500filing →
2026-06-26HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$2,500filing →
2026-06-26HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLPFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$2,500filing →
2026-06-25MICROSOFT CORPORATIONFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$1,000filing →
2026-06-23BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATIONFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep Rob Menendez
$5,000filing →
2026-06-23VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIESFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$4,000filing →
2026-06-23AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGYFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$1,000filing →
2026-06-17BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr. (D)
$1,000filing →
2026-06-16INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERSFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
$2,500filing →
2026-06-11CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.FECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr.
$5,000filing →
2026-06-09FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLCFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ)
$500filing →
2026-06-09AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICEFECAMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS
honoring Rep. Robert Menendez
$2,500filing →

794 item(s) totalling $1,240,342 across 2024–2026 filings, reported by lobbying registrants and lobbyists on form LD-203. By category: FECA $1,240,342 (794). These are their disclosures, not this person's: twice a year, registrants must report political contributions and certain honorary payments. An entry here means a lobbying organisation reported money to a committee of theirs or to an event honouring them — it is not a payment to them personally, and it is not evidence of any arrangement. The categories are not equivalent: FECA items are ordinary campaign contributions, while inaugural, library and honorary entries are payments to separate funds that carry no contribution limits. Source: Senate Office of Public Records.

Where their PAC money came from, 2026 cycle

SectorAmountShare
Corporate$201,00028.0%
Labor$81,99911.4%
Unclassified$78,70011.0%
Finance & insurance$69,5009.7%
Health & pharma$69,0009.6%
Tech & telecom$56,0007.8%
Trade association$35,5004.9%
Party & leadership$29,0004.0%

$717,693 in contributions from other political committees, classified by the donor committee's own registered name. Independent spending for or against them is not included here.

Committees they sit on

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Industries with business before their committees

SectorGiven to themTheir shareChamber averageRatio
Tech & telecom$56,0007.8%3.7%2.1x
Health & pharma$69,0009.6%5.2%1.9x
Energy & utilities$8,0001.1%4.0%0.3x

Read this as a correlation and nothing more. A member sits on the committee that matches their district, and the industries there fund them for the same reason they are there. It is a question worth asking, not an answer.

Their ten largest PAC donors supplied 14% of all PAC money they received.

What "money in" and "money out" mean here — and what they are not

Everything in the money tables on this page is campaign money, not personal money. It belongs to a political committee, not to the person. The two are separate by law, and this page never mixes them.

TermWhat it isWhose pocket
Money in Contributions a committee received — from individuals, from other political committees (PACs), from party committees. Capped per donor per election and itemised above $200. The committee's account. Not personal income, and not taxable to the candidate.
Money out What the committee spent: staff, consultants, advertising, travel, rent, card processing, taxes, and contributions to other candidates. Mostly vendors, not politics. Paid to outside businesses and people. A payee is a supplier, not a beneficiary of a gift.
Outside spending Money spent for or against someone by groups acting independently, who may not coordinate with the campaign. Never touches the candidate's committee. They cannot direct it or refuse it.
Personal finances Salary, assets, debts, stock trades, outside income, a spouse's employment. The person's own accounts — not shown in any FEC table. It appears only in the financial-disclosure filings linked in their own section.

Can campaign money become private money? Not lawfully. Converting campaign funds to personal use is prohibited by 52 U.S.C. § 30114, and the FEC applies an "irrespective test": if the expense would exist even without the campaign — a mortgage, a country-club membership, household groceries — campaign funds cannot pay for it. Salaries to the candidate are allowed only within narrow limits, and payments to a candidate's own business must be at fair market value.

So where would private enrichment show up? Not in the tables above. It would show in the financial-disclosure filings — assets, outside income, stock transactions — or in payments from a committee to a business the person owns, which appear as ordinary payees in "money out". This page gives you both sets of records and leaves the reading to you.

Not shown, and why

How to read this page. Every number comes from a public filing and links to its source, so any row can be checked in one click. Figures are what filers reported; amendments change them, and a net figure can even read as negative when corrections outweigh new spending in a cycle.

A contribution is not evidence of wrongdoing. Giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary, and so is paying a vendor. This page records who gave, who was paid, and what the filings say. It draws no conclusion about influence and alleges no quid pro quo.

Same template for everyone. Every profile is generated by one script from the same sources for the same cycle, whatever the person's party. Where a record does not exist, the page says so rather than leaving a blank that reads as innocence.

Corrections. Every figure links to its record. If one is wrong, tell us — it gets fixed and noted.