Issue positions (15)
Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills
- AbortionPartial support from votes
- Civil RightsPartial support from votes
- Climate & EnergyPartial support from votes
- Criminal JusticePartial oppose from votes
- DefensePartial support from votes
- Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
- EducationPartial support from votes
- Foreign PolicyPartial oppose from votes
- Gun PolicyPartial oppose from votes
- HealthcarePartial support from votes
- HousingPartial support from votes
- ImmigrationPartial support from votes
- Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
- Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes
- Voting & ElectionsFull support from votes
Campaign finance
2026 cycle
Candidate for U.S. House NJ-08 · 2026 General Election
- $1,958,766 raised
- $1,555,715 spent
- $679,737 cash on hand
| $1.96M | |
| $1.86M | |
| $1.13M | |
| Itemized (≥ $200) | $1.11M |
| Unitemized (< $200) | $13.34K |
| Other committees (PACs) | $734.49K |
| Transfers from other committees | $83.90K |
| Offsets to expenditures | $3.32K |
| Other receipts | $9.93K |
| $1.56M | |
| Operating expenditures | $1.48M |
| Contribution refunds | $6.71K |
| Other disbursements | $70.24K |
| Cash on hand | $679.74K |
| Debts owed by committee | $0.00 |
Through June 30, 2026 · FEC
Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)
Over time
Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance
Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.
| Cycle | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,752,969 | $1,397,774 | $355,195 |
| 2024 | $2,384,983 | $2,463,493 | $276,686 |
| 2026 | $1,958,766 | $1,555,715 | $679,737 |
Contributions received — 2026 cycle
Data from FEC
Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $79,143 ·
Industry PAC support
Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2024/2022 cycles
Total disclosed PAC money: $1,182,206. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.
- Finance $51,300 · 17 PACs
- Health $40,400 · 15 PACs
- Telecom $30,000 · 10 PACs
- Defense $28,500 · 6 PACs
- Energy $5,500 · 4 PACs
- Technology $4,500 · 4 PACs
Top PAC contributors (10)
- AIPAC PAC $22,900
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE $20,000
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $20,000
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION $20,000
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $20,000 · Defense
- LIUNA PAC $20,000
- CHC BOLD PAC $20,000
- NEW MILLENNIUM PAC $20,000
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $20,000
- PAC TO THE FUTURE $15,000
Top contributors (FEC)
Outside spending on this race
Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures
Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →
Documented relationships
Documented facts about Menendez, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the health sector, and received 15 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $40,400 (recent cycles).
PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — telecom coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the telecom sector, and received 10 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $30,000 (recent cycles).
PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Energy, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment, which oversee the energy sector, and received 4 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $5,500 (recent cycles).
PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.
- Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium
Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology, which oversee the technology sector, and received 4 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $4,500 (recent cycles).
PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.
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Committee activity
Committee votes cast
- NayH.R. 9385, PROTECT USA Act of 2026
- YeaH.R. 7945, Nitrous Oxide Safety Act of 2026
- NayH.R. 7502, Recycled Materials Attribution Act
- YeaH.R. 10170, the Memory Chip Competitiveness Assessment Act
- NayH.R. 10152, Open-Source AI Leadership Act
- YeaH.R. 6207, Chip EQUIP Act
- YeaH.R. 10158, Automotive National and Economic Security Act of 2026
- YeaH.R. 10163, the American Quantum Competitiveness Act
Proceedings attended
Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.
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