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Robert Menendez

Former

Democrat · NJ · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Reported net worth

2018
$542k
2019
$534k
2020
$581k
2021
$613k
2022
$689k
2023
$790k
Most recent filing (2023)
Assets
$520k$1.1M
Liabilities
$15k$50k
Net worth
$470k$1.1M
Since 2018
+$249k

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.35
Healthcare
D+0.84
Immigration & Border
D+0.93
Guns
D+0.60
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.86
Environment & Energy
D+0.83
Crime & Policing
D+0.91
Defense & Veterans
R+0.00
Economy & Labor
D+0.87
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.58
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.70
Education
D+0.70
Government & Democracy
D+0.72
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.71

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Robert Menendez's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Robert Menendez (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightMenendez

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Menendez's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
2024-04-23 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans
NAY
Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
2024-04-19 · Bill Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy, Civil Rights & Social
NAY
Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
2024-04-19 · Bill Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy, Civil Rights & Social
NAY
Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act
2024-04-18 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Foreign Policy & Trade, Government & Democracy
NAY
A bill to prohibit the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce certain rules of the Environmental Protection Agency.
2024-04-18 · Bill Defeated · Environment & Energy
YEA
Ann Marie McIff Allen, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah
2024-04-10 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
NAY
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Highway Administration relating to "National Performance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure".
2024-04-10 · Joint Resolution Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Susan M. Bazis, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska
2024-04-09 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Robert J. White, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan
2024-04-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Robert J. White, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan
2024-04-09 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Ann Marie McIff Allen, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah
2024-04-09 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Susan M. Bazis, of Nebraska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska
2024-04-08 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Judicial & Executive Nominations

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