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U.S. Representative · New Jersey 8th District
Robert Menendez
DemocratDistrict D+15119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score33#284 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Robert Menendez’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2453 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3008
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 2 signals
- StrongBacks 24 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 24 of the 2090 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 516, H.R. 842, H.R. 979, H.R. 1004, H.R. 1065 and 19 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 516 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 842 Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 979 AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1004 Love Lives On Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 1065 Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 3.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMinority · 21st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Environment
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Menendez← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.508 is 0.11 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 801–850 of 1962 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 188Amtrak Transparency and Accountability for Passengers and Taxpayers ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | No recorded vote | 37
| Middle |
| H.R. 820Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act |