Rob Menendez

Rob Menendez and his wife, Alex, enjoy spending time around their Jersey City community and taking their two children to Liberty State Park.¹ He graduated from the Hudson School in Hoboken in 2003.² He grew up in Union City, the grandson of Cuban immigrants and union members.³ He is the son of former Senator Bob Menendez.⁴

Menendez earned his bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 and his law degree at Rutgers in Newark in 2011.² He practiced law at Lowenstein Sandler before entering Congress.³ He also served on the Port Authority board in 2021 and 2022, chairing its Governance and Ethics Committee and serving on its Finance Committee.²³

First elected in 2022, he entered the House in January 2023 and now serves on Energy and Commerce.² He is also a regional Democratic whip, helping the caucus track votes and advance legislation.³ His transportation advocacy has included the Gateway rail tunnel program and stronger oversight of helicopter air tours.⁵¹

His campaign emphasizes organized labor, affordable housing, investment in mass transit, reproductive rights, climate resilience and immigration reform.⁵³ He also opposes the Iran war.¹ No Republican appears on the printed November ballot in the 8th District; the other listed candidates are Aristotle Eliopoulos, Craig Honts and Da'Shone Hughey.⁶