Elections · U.S. House · New Jersey
2026 New Jersey House race,
Rob Menendez (Democrat), Aristotle Eliopoulos (Independent), Craig Honts (Independent) and Da'Shone Hughey (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in New Jersey District 8, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the New Jersey Division of Elections.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Aristotle Eliopoulos (Independent), Craig Honts (Independent) and Da'Shone Hughey (Independent).
Official candidate list: New Jersey Division of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Rob Menendez
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2023 · Age 41
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in New Jersey
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 21 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 41,439 votes
- Rob Menendez Won: 68.8% 28,509
- Mussab Ali: 31.2% 12,930
Primary results as recorded October 11, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: New Jersey Division of Elections official primary results. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $2.2M
- Outside money
- $914K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 3 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
- Small donors
- <1%$13K
- Large donors
- 57%$1.1M
- PACs
- 37%$734K
- Other
- 5%$97K
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
2 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+25 in 2024
- Rob Menendez Won: 59.2%
- Anthony Valdes: 34.6%
196,765 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 6.2%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
The district
Census context- People
- 764K
- Median household income
- $84K
- Unemployment
- 6.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 15.6%
- Without health insurance
- 16.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 26, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.