Robert Menendez
Democrat · NJ-8 · U.S. House
NJ-8 — U.S. House
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Bio
Robert Jacobsen Menendez Jr. is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party and son of former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, he was a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 3.7 years
- First took office
- 2023 (2 terms)
- Seniority
- 330 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 41
- Jersey City, NJ · 201-309-0301
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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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.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Menendezsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Congressional Hispanic Caucusstrongly left · 40 members
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucusstrongly left · 77 members
- Congressional Equality Caucusstrongly left · 153 members
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commercecenter · 54 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
Congress Wants to Unplug the Scam Call FactoryA pair of representatives last week unveiled legislation targeting one piece of the increasingly industrialized fraud economy. Reps. Jefferson Shreve of Indiana and Rob Menendez of New Jersey introduced the Stop SIM Box Scams Act, which would ban manufacturin…
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Rep. LaMonica McIver has been engaged in an ongoing legal battle with President Donald Trump’s Justice Department for more than a year. But today, the New Jersey congresswoman has a big reason to smile as she celebrates the birth of her second child. As we…
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