Robert Menendez

★ U.S. Senator

Born: January 1, 1954
Current age: 72
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1992–2018

Career timeline

1992Rep 1994Rep 1996Rep 1998Rep 2000Rep 2002Rep

2004Rep 2006Sen 2012Sen 2018Sen

10-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Menendez5.6M

Opponents4.1M

Elections run

Between 1992 and 2018, Robert Menendez ran in 10 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 10. Menendez's biggest single-election total was 1,987,680 votes, in the 2012 U.S. Senate election in New Jersey. Menendez's closest win came in the 1994 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 13, decided by 43,617 votes.

Browse every U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 13, or all 2018 U.S. Senate races.

How many votes has Robert Menendez received?

Robert Menendez has received 5,558,781 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 10–0.

Election history

Robert Menendez’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2018	U.S. SenateNew Jersey	Won	1,711,65454.01%	Bob Hugin Madelyn R. Hoffman Murray Sabrin Natalie Lynn Rivera Tricia Flanagan Kevin Kimple Hank Schroeder
2012	U.S. SenateNew Jersey	Won	1,987,68058.87%	Joe Kyrillos Kenneth R. Kaplan Ken Wolski Gwen Diakos J. David Dranikoff Inder ??andy?? Soni Robert ??turk?? Turkavage Gregory Pason (head-to-head) Eugene Martin Lavergne Daryl Mikell Brooks (head-to-head)
2006	U.S. SenateNew Jersey	Won	1,200,84353.37%	Thomas H. Kean Jr. Len Flynn (head-to-head) Edward Forchion J. M. Carter Jr. N. Leonard Smith Daryl Mikell Brooks (head-to-head) Angela L. Lariscy (head-to-head) Gregory Pason (head-to-head)
2004	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	121,01875.85%	Richard W. Piatkowski Richard S. Hester Sr. (head-to-head) Herbert Harry Shaw (head-to-head) Angela L. Lariscy (head-to-head)
2002	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	72,60578.3%	James Geron Pat Henry Faulkner Esmat Zaklama Richard S. Hester Sr. (head-to-head) Herbert Harry Shaw (head-to-head)
2000	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	117,85678.69%	Theresa De Leon (head-to-head) Claudette C. Meliere Richard S. Hester Sr. (head-to-head) Herbert Harry Shaw (head-to-head) Alina Lydia Fonteboa Kari Sachs
1998	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	70,30880.06%	Theresa De Leon (head-to-head) Richard S. Hester Sr. (head-to-head) Richard G. Rivera Susan Anmuth
1996	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	115,45978.83%	Carlos E. Munoz Herbert Harry Shaw (head-to-head) Mike Buoncristiano William P. Estrada Rupert Ravens
1994	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	67,68870.9%	Fernando A. Alonso Frank J. Rubino Herbert Harry Shaw (head-to-head) Steven Marshall
1992	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	93,67064.28%	Fred J. Theemling Jr. Joseph D. Bonacci Len Flynn (head-to-head) John E. Rummel Jane E. Harris Donald K. Stoveken Sr.

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (M000639) and Wikidata (Q888132). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.