Rob Menendez Archives - New Jersey Globe

Statements on Pelosi’s decision to step down

November 17, 2022 1:31 pm

CONGRESSMAN BILL PASCRELL “If they were chiseling a Mount Rushmore for House leaders, I can promise you Madame Speaker would be on it. In the coming days many celebrations will be written, rightly, about Speaker Pelosi’s historic tenure. That she...

Independent candidates got around 1.3% of N.J.’s congressional vote

November 17, 2022 12:23 pm

Every candidate who won a congressional seat in New Jersey this year was a Democrat or Republican – no surprises there. But 29 independent and minor party candidates also ran for Congress, combining for 31,949 votes statewide, or 1.26% of...

Menendez wins race to succeed Sires in 8th congressional district

November 8, 2022 8:28 pmNovember 8, 2022 9:16 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Democratic Port Authority Commissioner Rob Menendez has overwhelmingly won election to Congress, defeating Republican Marcos Arroyo in the solidly Democratic 8th congressional district. Menendez will succeed Rep. Albio Sires (D-West New York), who chose to...

Reports: New federal investigation into Menendez underway

October 26, 2022 3:42 pm

As first reported by Semafor and later corroborated by NBC News and Politico New Jersey, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is once again facing a federal investigation, five years after a jury deadlocked on corruption charges in an earlier case. According...

Here’s where outside money is being spent in N.J. House races

October 25, 2022 5:11 pmOctober 26, 2022 10:03 am

Every election cycle, independent political action committees spend hundreds of millions of dollars aiding candidates in states and districts across the country, and 2022 is no exception. New Jersey’s congressional races have collectively witnessed more than $10 million in outside...

Kim, Menendez get new labor endorsements

October 18, 2022 3:30 pm

Two Democrats running for Congress received endorsements from major unions today: Rep. Andy Kim (D-Moorestown) got the backing of the New Jersey State Council of Machinists, while the Teamsters Joint Council 73 endorsed Port Authority Commissioner Rob Menendez for the...

National Organization for Women PAC endorses Menendez in NJ-8

October 12, 2022 2:46 pm

The political action committee of the National Organization for Women, a major feminist organization, has endorsed Democratic Port Authority Commissioner Rob Menendez for the 8th congressional district. “Rob Menendez is an advocate of the people, fighting for families in New...