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Robert Menendez

Democratic candidate · 2026 general election · New Jersey

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Robert Menendez

Democratic

Currently serving in the U.S. House District 8.

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Jun 30, 2026. Covering the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Every stored cycle for Robert Menendez is on their legislator profile →

The 2026 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$1,958,766
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$1,127,127
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$734,489
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$1,555,715
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$679,737
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $1,958,766 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2026 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$1,127,12757.5%
PAC and other committee contributions$734,48937.5%
Party committee contributions$00.0%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$97,1495.0%
Total receipts$1,958,766100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Jun 30, 2026 for the 2026 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2026 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$679,737
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$1,206
Contributions refunded to committees$5,500
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$83,900
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$1,854,910Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$6,706Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00799767, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 12P 2026 reported and what Q2 2026 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 12P 2026 reported through May 13, 2026 and Q2 2026 through Jun 30, 2026.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00799767
Measure12P 2026Reported through May 13, 2026Q2 2026Reported through Jun 30, 2026Change
Cash on hand at period end$748,335$679,737Down $68,599
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$0$2,500Up $2,500

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $679,737 set beside the $477,187 this campaign spent during Q2 2026, through Jun 30, 2026, which is 1.4 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Robert Menendez. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$877,616
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2026 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $1,477,278 of itemized spending across 522 transactions, through Jun 30, 2026. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 95.0% of the $1,555,715 in total disbursements reported for the 2026 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

The difference between that subtotal and total disbursements is spending reported without itemization, which cannot be categorized.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Fundraising and solicitation $481,45732.6%45
Advertising and media $221,60815.0%12
Administration, salary, and overhead $171,16011.6%369
Consulting, type not specified $157,74210.7%31
Campaign materials $134,2299.1%3
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $132,0818.9%27
Legal, accounting, and compliance $61,1504.1%23
Polling and research $58,0003.9%2
Events $46,0053.1%5
Technology and digital services $13,8460.9%5
Classified$1,345,19791.1%
Unclassified filing descriptions$132,0818.9%
Itemized spending categorized here$1,477,278100%522

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 232 shown $705,199 total · $51,000 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) C00024521$11,0001.6%6Jun 9, 2026
2CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS C00001016$10,0001.4%2Jun 16, 2026
3MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS C00002469$10,0001.4%2Jun 8, 2026
4AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E C00011114$10,0001.4%4Dec 11, 2025
5ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00336057$10,0001.4%2Mar 10, 2026
Show the complete list of 232 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Robert Menendez

All 3 shown $877,616 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1THINK BIG C00923417$638,28072.7%5May 19, 2026
2Protect Progress C00848440$228,07626.0%4May 21, 2026
3National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee C00030718$11,2601.3%3May 13, 2026

Opposing Robert Menendez

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Robert Menendez and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Robert Menendez

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Digital and online advertising $572,68665.3%4
Direct mail $286,08032.6%5
Advertising, medium not specified Reported as a media buy or as advertising, with no medium named. $18,2502.1%2
Staff, administration, and overhead $6000.1%1
Classified$877,616100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$877,616100%12

Opposing Robert Menendez

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2026 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Robert Menendez

Committees itemized $705,199 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Corporate PACs $321,99945.7%104177
Labor union PACs $103,00014.6%2339
Trade association PACs $101,00014.3%4868
Membership organization PACs $66,5009.4%1831
Leadership PACs $55,0007.8%1621
Non-connected committees $48,2006.8%1828
Other candidates' committees $7,0001.0%44
Corporations without capital stock $2,5000.4%11
Itemized total for this direction$705,199

Spent supporting Robert Menendez

Committees itemized $877,616 in independent spending supporting Robert Menendez.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $866,35698.7%29
Membership organization PACs $11,2601.3%13
Itemized total for this direction$877,616

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Robert Menendez

Committees itemized $705,199 in contributions to this campaign. $62,000 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $643,199, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $515,000 and committees not yet categorized account for $128,199.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Pharmaceuticals Health $72,50011.3%2445
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $40,5006.3%1219
Telecommunications Communications and technology $36,0005.6%1018
Technology Communications and technology $30,5004.7%614
Health insurance Health $29,5004.6%1119
Building trades unions Labor $25,0003.9%57
Transportation unions Labor $25,0003.9%69
Public sector unions Labor $23,5003.7%511
Construction Construction $23,0003.6%611
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $20,5003.2%913
Industrial unions Labor $20,0003.1%45
Automotive Transportation $17,5002.7%611
Physicians and medical specialties Health $17,5002.7%910
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $15,5002.4%57
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $15,5002.4%57
Food and beverage Agriculture $14,0002.2%79
Air transport Transportation $12,5001.9%59
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $12,0001.9%48
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $12,0001.9%27
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate $10,5001.6%34
Defense Defense $10,0001.6%48
Trucking Transportation $7,0001.1%34
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue $6,0000.9%22
Accounting Professional services $5,0000.8%12
Pro-Democratic Party Ideological and single-issue $5,0000.8%11
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $3,5000.5%11
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $3,5000.5%33
Mining Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2%11
Oil and gas Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2%11
Committees not yet categorized $128,19919.9%5178
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $62,000Not applicable2025
Base the shares are taken over$643,199100%
Itemized total for this direction$705,199

Spent supporting Robert Menendez

Committees itemized $877,616 in independent spending supporting Robert Menendez. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $877,616 and committees not yet categorized account for $0.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2026 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Technology Communications and technology $638,28072.7%15
Cryptocurrency and blockchain Finance, insurance, and real estate $228,07626.0%14
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $11,2601.3%13
Base the shares are taken over$877,616100%
Itemized total for this direction$877,616

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$179,658
Across 11 notices, received May 14, 2026 to May 30, 2026

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on May 31, 2026. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Robert Menendez's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2026 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
May 31, 2026$17,5008May 29 to May 30, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 29, 2026$9,5005May 28 to May 28, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 28, 2026$18,6589May 27 to May 27, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 27, 2026$23,50010May 26 to May 26, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 24, 2026$7,0004May 22 to May 23, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 22, 2026$38,00019May 21 to May 21, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 21, 2026$6,5004May 20 to May 20, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 20, 2026$34,00010May 18 to May 19, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 18, 2026$2,5001May 17 to May 17, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
May 17, 2026$13,5005May 15 to May 15, 2026Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 11 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $1,101,598 of the $1,211,027 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 898 itemized contributions.

From New Jersey

$483,683
43.9% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$617,165
56.1% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside New Jersey is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2026 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$1,088,54888598.9%
United States territoriesPuerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.$12,300111.1%
Not placedContributions the FEC could not attribute to a place. They are reported here and are never assigned to a state or counted in the in-state and out-of-state split.$7502Not counted

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 27 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • New Jersey this campaign's state $483,683
  • New York $266,936
  • District of Columbia $72,795
  • California $68,443
  • Maryland $64,305
  • Virginia $29,300
  • Florida $19,800
  • Connecticut $18,750
  • Pennsylvania $13,250
  • Massachusetts $12,750
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2026 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
New Jersey this campaign's state$483,68343743.9%
New York$266,93613524.2%
District of Columbia$72,795966.6%
California$68,443376.2%
Maryland$64,305615.8%
Virginia$29,300342.7%
Florida$19,800241.8%
Connecticut$18,750101.7%
Pennsylvania$13,250171.2%
Massachusetts$12,75061.2%
Puerto Rico$12,300111.1%
Texas$10,00040.9%
Oklahoma$7,00020.6%
Arizona$3,50040.3%
Indiana$3,50010.3%
Ohio$3,14330.3%
Alabama$2,00020.2%
Michigan$1,64310.1%
Kansas$1,50010.1%
Nevada$1,50020.1%
Illinois$1,25020.1%
Delaware$1,00010.1%
North Carolina$1,00010.1%
Georgia$75020.1%
Not reported not placed$7502Not counted
Utah$5001<0.1%
Washington$2501<0.1%
Reported with a place$1,100,848896100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

  • $750 could not be attributed to a place and is left out of the in-state and out-of-state figures rather than assigned to a state.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in New Jersey, 2026 cycle: 86 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $1,958,766
  • Cohort median $133,496
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Jersey, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,958,766
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$26,972
Median$133,496
75th percentile$661,945
Highest in the cohort$4,892,807
Campaigns counted86

77 of the 86 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 90th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 37.5%
  • Cohort median 0.6%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Jersey, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign37.5%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile0.0%
Median0.6%
75th percentile6.2%
Highest in the cohort92.2%
Campaigns counted78

70 of the 78 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 90th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $679,737
  • Cohort median $3,108
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Jersey, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$679,737
Lowest in the cohort-$12,586
25th percentile$0
Median$3,108
75th percentile$37,315
Highest in the cohort$12,773,075
Campaigns counted86

76 of the 86 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 88th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $877,616
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Jersey, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$877,616
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$2,124,938
Campaigns counted86

82 of the 86 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 95th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $0
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in New Jersey, 2026 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$672,837
Campaigns counted86

0 of the 86 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2026 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.