Democratic
Rob Menendez
Incumbent representative for NJ-8. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Rob Menendez favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+30.6
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+29.22026 national environment
D+5.5Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Nominee not yet identified
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Other listed candidates
- Richard Barilla · Independent
- Aristotle Eliopoulos · Independent
- Da'Shone Hughey · Independent
Polls
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Candidate news
New Jersey launches investigation into Delaney Hall ICE facility - Politico
New Jersey launches investigation into Delaney Hall ICE facilityPolitico New Jersey Opens Civil Rights Investigation Into Delaney HallThe New York Times 3rd Delaney Hall death reported by Rep. Rob Menendez at ICE facility in Newark, NJABC7 New York Delaney Ha…
Slashdot.org · Today
As More People Die In Their Custody, ICE Is Working Hard To Hide Its Abuses
On August 1, Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a Salvadorian migrant imprisoned at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, died.While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) insists that Lopez-Cornejo “received proper medical care and was seen by medical professi…
Common Dreams · Yesterday
How Donald Trump Made the World Safe for Kleptocrats
The first evidence of the sledgehammer the new Trump administration would take to America’s anti-corruption policies came just two weeks into his second term. The new attorney general, Pam Bondi, unveiled a series of memos outlining the Department of Justice’…
The New Republic · August 6, 2026
Mother Says ICE 'Negligence' Killed Second Man to Die at Notorious NJ Lockup
The mother of a man who became the second immigrant held at the notorious Delaney Hall US Immigration and Customs Enforcement lockup in Newark, New Jersey to die in ICE custody said Monday that she believes her son's death was the result of medical negligence…
Common Dreams · August 4, 2026
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