Robert Menendez
U.S. House District 8
2026 general election.
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Campaign finance
Federal Election Commission filings for the 2026 two-year cycle. Candidates appear in the order they are listed on this page. They are not ranked by money, and these measures are never combined into a single score.
Every candidate below reports through Jun 30, 2026.
| Candidate | Total receipts | Cash on hand | Direct PAC receipts | Outside spending supporting | Outside spending opposing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Menendez Democratic incumbent | $1,958,766 | $679,737 | $734,489 | $877,616 | $0 |
Bars are not shown. Only Robert Menendez has complete FEC data for the 2026 cycle, so there is no same-scale comparison to draw. Every reported amount is in the table above. Each column is one candidate and each figure is that candidate's own money, taken over that candidate's own itemized total. Nothing here is added across candidates, and the two groupings below are never added to each other: the first is who the FEC says runs the giving committee, which covers every dollar, and the second is what interest a source says that committee advances, which is a claim MyRepTracker makes and covers only part of the money.Where each campaign's committee money came from
Contributions each campaign received, by who runs the committee
Category Robert Menendez Democratic Corporate PACs $321,99945.7% Labor union PACs $103,00014.6% Trade association PACs $101,00014.3% Membership organization PACs $66,5009.4% Leadership PACs $55,0007.8% Non-connected committees $48,2006.8% Other candidates' committees $7,0001.0% Corporations without capital stock $2,5000.4% Itemized total $705,199 Contributions each campaign received, by interest advanced
Category Robert Menendez Democratic Pharmaceuticals
Health $72,50011.3% Insurance
Finance, insurance, and real estate $40,5006.3% Telecommunications
Communications and technology $36,0005.6% Technology
Communications and technology $30,5004.7% Health insurance
Health $29,5004.6% Building trades unions
Labor $25,0003.9% Transportation unions
Labor $25,0003.9% Public sector unions
Labor $23,5003.7% Construction
Construction $23,0003.6% Securities and investment
Finance, insurance, and real estate $20,5003.2% Industrial unions
Labor $20,0003.1% Automotive
Transportation $17,5002.7% Physicians and medical specialties
Health $17,5002.7% Media and entertainment
Communications and technology $15,5002.4% Real estate
Finance, insurance, and real estate $15,5002.4% Food and beverage
Agriculture $14,0002.2% Air transport
Transportation $12,5001.9% Hospitals and nursing homes
Health $12,0001.9% Lawyers and law firms
Professional services $12,0001.9% Commercial banking
Finance, insurance, and real estate $10,5001.6% Defense
Defense $10,0001.6% Trucking
Transportation $7,0001.1% Pro-Israel
Ideological and single-issue $6,0000.9% Accounting
Professional services $5,0000.8% Pro-Democratic Party
Ideological and single-issue $5,0000.8% Credit unions
Finance, insurance, and real estate $3,5000.5% Electric utilities
Energy and natural resources $3,5000.5% Mining
Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2% Oil and gas
Energy and natural resources $1,0000.2% Committees not yet categorized $128,19919.9% Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees $62,000 Itemized total $705,199 Independent spending supporting each candidate, by who runs the committee
Category Robert Menendez Democratic Non-connected committees $866,35698.7% Membership organization PACs $11,2601.3% Itemized total $877,616 Independent spending supporting each candidate, by interest advanced
Category Robert Menendez Democratic Technology
Communications and technology $638,28072.7% Cryptocurrency and blockchain
Finance, insurance, and real estate $228,07626.0% Real estate
Finance, insurance, and real estate $11,2601.3% Itemized total $877,616
Last-minute contributions reported before an election
Within 48 hours of receiving a contribution or loan of $1,000 or more in the days just before an election, a campaign must notify the FEC. These notices are provisional: the same money appears again in the regular report covering those days, so it is not added to the amounts above and is not compared as a measure. Candidates file them only while their own election is close, so an absence here says nothing about a campaign's fundraising.
| Candidate | Reported on notices | Notices | Covers | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Menendez Democratic | $179,658 | 11 | May 14 to May 30, 2026 | Covered by regular reports |
Candidates not compared
These candidates are left out of the comparison rather than shown as zero, because a missing or partial record is not the same as no money.
- Aristotle Eliopoulos (Independent): This candidate is not linked to a federal candidate identity, so FEC coverage does not apply.
- Craig Honts (Socialist Workers): This candidate is not linked to a federal candidate identity, so FEC coverage does not apply.
Direct contributions are money the campaign received. Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with any campaign, and are never added to a candidate's receipts. Source: Federal Election Commission ↗.