LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Rutgers Law School - JD (1979)

• Saint Peter's College - BA, politics (1976)

• Union Hill High School (Union City, N.J.) - Diploma (1972)

Office History

Election Results

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New Jersey (Class 1)
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 54.01%

  Democrat
  Robert Hugin (Bob), 42.83%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New Jersey (Class 1)
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 58.87%

  Democrat
  Joe Kyrillos, 39.37%

  Republican

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New Jersey (Class 1)
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 57.20%

  Democrat
  Thomas Howard Kean Jr. (Tom), 41.19%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 75.85%

  Democrat
  Richard W Piatkowski, 22.12%

  Republican

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 78.30%

  Democrat
  James Geron, 18.17%

  Republican
  Pat Henry Faulkner, 1.29%

  Green

• 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 78.69%

  Democrat
  Theresa De Leon, 18.60%

  Republican
  Claudette C Meliere, 1.83%

  Independent

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 80.06%

  Democrat
  Theresa De Leon, 16.64%

  Republican
  Richard S Hester Sr, 1.45%

  Independent

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 78.83%

  Democrat
  Carlos E Munoz, 17.36%

  Republican
  Herbert H Shaw, 1.46%

  Independent
  Mike Buoncristiano, 1.43%

  Independent

• 1995 (Nov. 8, 1994 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 70.90%

  Democrat
  Fernando A Alonso, 25.21%

  Republican
  Frank J Rubino, 1.56%

  Undetermined
  Herbert H Shaw, 1.38%

  Undetermined

• 1993 (Nov. 3, 1992 election)

  13th Congressional District of New Jersey
  Robert Jacobsen Menendez Sr. (Bob), 64.28%

  Democrat
  Fred J Theemling Jr, 30.56%

  Republican
  Joseph D Bonacci, 1.62%

  Undetermined
  Len Flynn, 1.06%

  Libertarian
  John E Rummel, 1.05%

  Undetermined

Employment History

• Union City, N.J. (1986-1992)

  Mayor

• Union City, N.J.

  Member, Board of Education

• Union City, N.J.

  Mayoral Aide

Associated Organizations

• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc.

  Member, Advisory Council

• Menendez for Senate (New Jersey)

• New Millennium PAC

• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Jan. 2009-Jan. 2011)

  Chair

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Champion of Healthcare Innovation (American Life Sciences Innovation Council) (Aug. 2017)

• Humane Champion Award (Humane Society of the United States) (April 2014)

• Humane Champion Award (Humane Society of the United States) (May 2013)

• Impact Award (National Hispanic Media Coalition) (Nov. 14, 2012)

Publications

• Growing American Roots: Why Our Nation Will Thrive as Our Largest Minority Flourishes (2009)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, press:
  press@menendez.senate.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	528 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-3001
Phone:	202-224-4744
Fax:	202-228-2197

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Privately Financed Travel

18 trips taken between 2000 - 2023 costing $63,020

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 5/28/2013: Transportation expense from Israel
• 2/20/2014: Transportation expense from Colombia
• 6/5/2014: Portrait of Bernardo de Galvez from Spain ($2,720.00)
• 12/18/2012: Chivas Brothers scotch whiskey from Pakistan ($189.00)

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Congressional Staff

Committees

• Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Economic Policy Subcommittee
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee, Chair
• Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee Health Care Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee
• Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Caucuses

• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional Friends of the Irish National Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus COVID-19 Task Force
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Reform Task Force
• Congressional Hispanic-Serving Institutions Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Gun Violence Prevention Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus
• Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition
• Sandy Task Force, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Senate Afterschool Caucus
• Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus
• Senate Bike Caucus
• Senate Climate Change Task Force
• Senate Cultural Caucus
• Senate Democratic Conference Committee
• Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force, Chair
• Senate Diabetes Caucus
• Senate General Aviation Caucus
• Senate Global Internet Freedom Caucus
• Senate Hispanic-Serving Institutions Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Impact Aid Coalition
• Senate India Caucus
• Senate National Guard Caucus
• Senate National Security Working Group, Co-Chair
• Senate Recycling Caucus
• Senate Taiwan Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Sen. Menendez discloses his wife's pot of gold

  Posted by Christian Stafford on March 17, 2022
  St. Patrick's Day was celebrated a day early for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who disclosed yesterday that his wife has her very own pot of gold. read more

• Rep. Maxine Waters' ex-chief heads to delivery company

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 11, 2022
  Rep. Maxine Water's (D-Calif.) former chief of staff has landed at delivery-service company Shipt. read more

• Rep. Maxine Waters hires banking lobbyist as top aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 14, 2021
  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), chair of the Financial Services Committee, has chosen a financial lobbyist as her chief of staff. read more

• Health advocacy group adds Sen. Menendez aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 4, 2019
  An aide to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is putting his back into a new job. read more

• Rep. Esty senior aide heads to AFL-CIO

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 7, 2018
  The AFL-CIO, the country's largest federation of trade unions, has snagged a senior policy adviser from the office of Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.). read more

• Senate Foreign Relations staff head moves to nonprofit

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 17, 2016
  Jodi B. Herman, former Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is taking her foreign policy experience to the nonprofit world. She has left her position with the committee for a new job as vice president of government relations and external affairs at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). read more

• Democrat's senior aide fills out prescription for multi-national pharma

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on April 1, 2014
  The first client of Sen. Bob Menéndez's (D-N.J.) former top legislative staffer is a giant of the pharmaceutical industry, an industry which Menéndez has championed. read more

• Sen. Menendez hires a transit expert and lobbyist

  Posted by Nate Hoffman on Oct. 7, 2013
  A former House committee staffer has returned to the Capitol after working for a major lobbying firm for the past two years. read more

• Posted by LegiStorm on Aug. 16, 2013
  A Senate Banking subcommittee staffer and former college football player has launched into a sports lobbying career. read more

• Miami Beach party with lobbyists highlights a congressional travel loophole

  Posted by LegiStorm on Feb. 2, 2010
  A trip to South Florida by a dozen senators last weekend highlights a loophole in congressional travel regulations. read more

• Storm Tips: Senators rake in royalties

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 12, 2009
  Senators may have reputations to some as being inexhaustible windbags but they sure like to write too. read more