Robert Menendez

b. 1954-01-01 , Union City, NJ
represents NJ
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, 1979 BA, Saint Peter's College, 1976.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,200,843 (53.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$1,659,280	^(#77)
Spent	80%	^(#169)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	82%	^(#26)
From PACs	12%	^(#502)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	237	^(#8)
Total cost	$791,131,435	^(#22)
Received	213	^(#8)
Total cost	$473,284,365	^(#14)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,718	^(#103)
Introduced	187	^(#57)
Debated	12	^(#164)
Enacted	3	^(#202)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	16 times		^(#73)
Avg. length	1,347 words		^(#106)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	57% left-wing		^(#477)
Predictable	96%		^(#119)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400272 (GovTrack), N00000699 (OpenSecrets), M000639 (Congressional Bio), 29373 (ICPSR), 26961 (Vote Smart), H2NJ13075 S6NJ00289 (FEC)