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MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS

DemocraticFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00799767

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 totals through Oct 14, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; 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.

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 connections

Principal candidate campaign
MENENDEZ, ROBERTDemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · New Jersey · District 8
Election 2026 · Challenger · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2NJ13075 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle
- FEC candidate record ↗
- FEC candidate–committee linkage (2026) ↗
Principal candidate campaign
MENENDEZ, ROBERT J.DemocraticFEC reported
U.S. House · New Jersey · District 8
Election 2026 · Incumbent · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H2NJ08232 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$1.2M
Unitemized individual contributions$28.6K
Other committees$886.1K
Transfers from affiliates$83.9K
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$6,7869 transactions

All distributions →

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

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: House campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Democratic
Treasurer: PALUMBO, JOHN
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: BETTER BLUE FUND
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 123 TOWN SQUARE PLACE #515 · JERSEY CITY, NJ, 07310

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.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationDemocratic affiliation reportedDemocraticFEC reported

FEC registration: House campaign committee; Democratic affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

Reported counterparty	Date	Reported value	Asset / units	Reported purpose	Source
MATOS, LAURA E	May 27, 2026	$2,158	Other in-kind	CATERING * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row c864573a53ed7ed6e5f46c6472907ae239374e6d868dd672ebfc04b8345176cc Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
ARONSON, LAUREN	Dec 4, 2025	$505	Other in-kind	EVENT SPACE RENTAL * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row d6199902f1df7d1c528e51fe3c09455ceb2ff273644cd4eca6f3672e3dbf3d0c Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
SILVERMAN, PAUL	Mar 19, 2025	$499	Other in-kind	FOOD & BEVERAGE * IN-KIND RECEIVED Derived classification: in-kind-offset	FEC filing ↗ Provenance FEC reported description · source row 67d3fe23a0cec4cc5b34c1fcaabc1997e8540dd29ae4f0d9dc2f211502f9edfb Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip
GOPAL FOR SENATE	May 26, 2026

Reported counterparty

Date

Reported value

Asset / units

Reported purpose

Source

MATOS, LAURA E

May 27, 2026

$2,158

Other in-kind

CATERING

* IN-KIND RECEIVED

Derived classification: in-kind-offset

FEC filing ↗

Provenance

FEC reported description · source row c864573a53ed7ed6e5f46c6472907ae239374e6d868dd672ebfc04b8345176cc

Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

ARONSON, LAUREN

Dec 4, 2025

$505

Other in-kind

EVENT SPACE RENTAL

* IN-KIND RECEIVED

Derived classification: in-kind-offset

FEC filing ↗

Provenance

FEC reported description · source row d6199902f1df7d1c528e51fe3c09455ceb2ff273644cd4eca6f3672e3dbf3d0c

Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

SILVERMAN, PAUL

Mar 19, 2025

$499

Other in-kind

FOOD & BEVERAGE

* IN-KIND RECEIVED

Derived classification: in-kind-offset

FEC filing ↗

Provenance

FEC reported description · source row 67d3fe23a0cec4cc5b34c1fcaabc1997e8540dd29ae4f0d9dc2f211502f9edfb

Raw artifact: data/raw/fec/bulk/cycle=2026/dataset=operating_expenditures/d6108c0a87ca0a02a72d333e1c0fad879a14af446f39504772d0d9369940ee7a.zip

GOPAL FOR SENATE

May 26, 2026

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

MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest transfers and contributions to committees

Largest operating payments

Over time

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Top employers

Top industries

Top states

Cash, assets & liabilities

Over time

Money network