Raphael Chavez-Fernandez Archives

Menendez taps Rodas as new state director

January 12, 2022 1:09 pmJanuary 12, 2022 2:21 pm

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has named Rudy Rodas, an aide to Gov. Phil Murphy, as his new state director. A Union City native like Menendez, Rodas joined the Murphy administration as an associate counsel to the governor in March 2020...

Menendez aide named to Homeland Security post

August 23, 2021 1:43 pm

A top aide to U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been named to a high-level post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Alice Lugo, who has been Menendez’s chief counsel since 2014, was named by the White House as Assistant...

Chavez-Fernandez named Menendez state director

May 13, 2019 11:00 amMay 13, 2019 11:19 am

Raphael Chavez-Fernandez is returning to the staff of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez as his new state director. Chavez-Fernandez worked in Menendez’s office from 2013 to 2016 handling Hispanic community outreach and served as deputy campaign manager for the senator’s successful...

Menendez names top campaign team

April 30, 2018 6:45 amMay 1, 2018 9:01 am

Bob Menendez will have some of the most well-known names in New Jersey politics to run his campaign for re-election to the United States Senate. At the helm again is his top political advisor, Michael Soliman, who will serve as...