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US Representative - District 8 — New Jersey
2453 Rayburn House Office Building
Computed from STOCK Act filings, roll-call records, annual financial disclosures, and FEC receipts. Every component links to its source and can be reproduced from the bulk data export.
Disclosure compliance measured from public filings. Not a rating of this official's politics or job performance.
100
Full compliance
Voted on 647 of 647 recorded roll calls (0 missed).
Source: Congress.gov / House Clerk / Senate roll-call records view
Annual financial disclosure on file for 2025.
Source: House Clerk / Senate Public Records annual PFD filings view
Top 10 donors account for 7% of 256 itemized receipts.
Source: FEC itemized receipts (Schedule A) view
Not scored — no records
These components carry no weight for this official. Absent records are not counted as failures — the remaining weights are rescaled to 100%.
Counts from the roll-call and sponsorship record. No composite score and no ideology rating — just the underlying numbers, each with what it is measured against.
Votes cast
647
of 647 roll calls · 0% missed
Bills sponsored
34
560 cosponsored
Committees
1
standing committees
In office
3.6
years, this term
Party unity
97.5%
Robert Menendez sided with the majority of Democrats on 626 of 642 votes where their party took a clear position, breaking ranks 16 times.
Counts Yea and Nay only. “Present” takes no side, so counting it as breaking ranks would penalize something that isn't. Roll calls where the member's party split evenly are excluded — there is no majority to agree with. This measures voting alongside one's party, which is not the same as ideology, and it is not comparable to DW-NOMINATE. See the methodology.
Salary: public record. Net worth: midpoint estimate from financial-disclosure asset brackets (range shown below it; not exact). Campaign totals: FEC filings.
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Transactions disclosed under the STOCK Act via Periodic Transaction Reports (PTRs) filed with the House Clerk. Source. Senate data coming soon.
1/5 positions aligned. 20% verified against the roll-call record. How this score is calculated.
0/2 aligned · est.
0/2 aligned · est.
1/1 aligned
Oppose federal assault weapons ban
Promise keptCosponsored Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 (H.R.698) on 2023-02-01. This is a public statement of support for oppose federal assault weapons ban.
Confirmed from the official roll-call record.
Require Congress to approve major regulations
Promise brokenVoted NAY on REINS Act (H.R.277). Diverged from require congress to approve major regulations.
Confirmed from the official roll-call record.
Oppose warrantless surveillance of Americans
Promise brokenVoted YEA on FISA Section 702 Reauthorization (H.R.7888). Diverged from oppose warrantless surveillance of americans.
Confirmed from the official roll-call record.
Require Congress to approve major regulations
Expected divergenceExpected to have opposed the REINS Act (H.R.277) based on the predominant party-line vote. Not yet confirmed from the roll-call record.
Inferred from party-line voting pattern. Not yet confirmed from the roll-call record.
Oppose warrantless surveillance of Americans
Expected divergenceExpected to have supported FISA Section 702 reauthorization (H.R.7888) based on the predominant party-line vote. Not yet confirmed from the roll-call record.
Inferred from party-line voting pattern. Not yet confirmed from the roll-call record.