MENENDEZ, ROBERT J.

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · New Jersey · District 8 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH2NJ08232

Overview

Raised: $2.2Mvs $2.4M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.8Mvs $2.5M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $722.4Kvs $276.7K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+24.3

VotePredictor gives Robert J. Menendez a 99% chance of winning as of October 31, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Robert J. Menendez’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 31, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

2 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

1 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $3,500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Apr 21, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-10-12, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Oct 12, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · New Jersey · District 8
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS (C00799767)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Robert J. Menendez? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.2M
Unitemized individual contributions$28.6K
Other committees$886.1K
Other receipts$11.4K

Top contributors

BETTER BLUE FUNDDemocraticInferred from FEC-reported participants$83.9K1 contribution
AGINS, KENDAL ELYSE57% Democratic / 43% RepublicanDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
ALAMO, LUIS

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.6M
Contribution refunds$6,715
Other disbursements$187.5K

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMixed activity · 46% Democratic / 54% RepublicanInferred from activity$6,786

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Largest operating payments

MEDIA FORTITUDE$195.5KDIGITAL ADVERTISING · May 1, 2026
ROYAL PRINTING SERVICE$117.9KPRINTING · Jun 10, 2026
DONOHUE PARTNERS INC.$59KFIELD CONSULTING SERVICES · Jun 1, 2026
MESSAGE & MEDIA, INC.$56.8KDIRECT MAIL · May 22, 2026
PATINKIN RESEARCH STRATEGIES$42KPOLLING · Feb 26, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$500	$0
Feb 25	$5,250	$0
Mar 25	$72,229	$1,000
Apr 25	$15,500	$0
May 25	$10,750	$0
Jun 25	$87,930	$0
Jul 25	$64,780	$0
Aug 25	$52,230	$0
Sep 25	$71,880	$0
Oct 25	$18,530	$0
Nov 25	$24,530	$0
Dec 25	$58,085	$0
Jan 26	$43,531	$0
Feb 26	$75,550	$0
Mar 26	$233,260	$2,000
Apr 26	$35,098	$0
May 26	$150,191	$2,500
Jun 26	$143,430	$0

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: New Jersey · District 8
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 123 TOWN SQUARE PLACE #515 · JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, 07310
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

BLUE TO THE FUTUREC00826123 Joint fundraising participantMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSC00799767
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1632824Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
JERSEY FREEDOM COALITIONC00905455 Joint fundraising participantMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSC00799767
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1892448Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
BETTER BLUE FUNDC00940890 Joint fundraising participantMENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSC00799767
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1978416Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSC00799767 Authorized candidateMENENDEZ, ROBERTH2NJ13075
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSC00799767 Authorized candidateMENENDEZ, ROBERT J.H2NJ08232
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESSC00799767 Connected organizationBETTER BLUE FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
RESILIENT MAJORITY PACC00847095 Leadership PAC sponsorMENENDEZ, ROBERT J.H2NJ08232
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1720633Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

All reports filed with the FEC ↗

Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $6,715
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash92523881ecbf9cc717d04928f90bf2f6bb4881507b6aae4a1831b2efc4855c38

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MENENDEZ, ROBERT J.

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

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Spending by kind

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Money network

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