U.S. Representative · NJ · District 8
Robert Menendez
DemocratTerm through January 2027
Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle
1% of the money Menendez raised came from small donors.
More grassroots-funded than 7% of the House.
Menendez raised $2.4M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $277K cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.
- Small donors
- 1%$0.0M
- Large donors
- 54%$1.3M
- Bundled
- 11%$0.3M
- PACs
- 34%$0.8M
- Other
- 0%$0.0M
Against the house
How Menendez compares to the typical member.
- Small-donor share
- 1%vs 5% house median
- PAC share
- 34%vs 37% house median
Who has a stake in Menendez
The organizations behind the money.
Menendez's largest organized backing comes from AIPAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.
Money organized for Menendez
AIPAC›
$240K
AIPAC›
$240K
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby that both gives directly and bundles individual donations; its super PAC (United Democracy Project) runs large independent campaigns in primaries.
Who it funds, across Congress
59% Democrats · 40% Republicans · $38.7M to 359 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $13.9M to elect Democrats; $5.0M to defeat Democrats.
NORPAC›$14K
A pro-Israel political action committee that bundles individual donations to candidates it judges supportive of the U.S. relationship with Israel.
Who it funds, across Congress
40% Democrats · 59% Republicans · $2.2M to 82 members
Chc Bold PAC›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $286K to 61 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $2.1M to elect Democrats; $377K to defeat Republicans.
National Association Of Realtors›$10K
Who it funds, across Congress
43% Democrats · 57% Republicans · $4.9M to 452 members
Outside spending, by party
Spent $18.9M to elect Republicans.
Ubs Americas Inc. PAC›$10K
The PAC of UBS, the global investment bank, funded by its U.S. employees.
Who it funds, across Congress
53% Democrats · 47% Republicans · $1.5M to 172 members
› What is organized money?
An organization reaches a member two ways. Its own PAC writes a direct check. And it bundles: it gathers individual donations from its supporters and routes them through its conduit. Both count here as one “organized” total. The bundled part is already inside the individual giving shown in the funding mix above. Here it is regrouped by the organization that gathered it, so you can see who did the organizing.
The same money, by industry
Which industries have a stake.
The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Menendez's backing, not just the individual groups.
Plus $224K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.
The money spent about Menendez
Spent for or against.
Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Menendez, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Menendez.
Chc Bold PAC$486K
To help Menendez$486KTo hurt Menendez—America'S Promise$389K
To help Menendez—To hurt Menendez$389KProtect Progress$215K
To help Menendez$215KTo hurt Menendez—National Association Of Realtors$62K
To help Menendez$62KTo hurt Menendez—Bold America$59K
To help Menendez$59KTo hurt Menendez—
Chc Bold PAC$486K—$486K
America'S Promise—$389K$389K
Protect Progress$215K—$215K
National Association Of Realtors›$62K—$62K
National Association Of Realtors
Bold America$59K—$59K
FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 215 organizations with a stake
About this data
FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.
Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.
PAC figures are contributions to Menendez's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.
Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.
Where Menendez stands