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Rob Menendez
Robert Jacobsen Menendez Jr. (born July 12, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party and son of former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, he was a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023.
Menendez was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and raised in Union City, New Jersey. He is the son of Robert Menendez, a former Senator from New Jersey serving eleven years in prison after being convicted of numerous crimes while in office[citation needed], and Jane Jacobsen, a public school teacher, school nurse, and guidance counselor. He is Cuban-American through his father. His paternal grandparents came to the United States in 1953, fleeing the regime of Fulgencio Batista. Menendez's mother, as described by his sister Alicia, is of German, Norwegian, and Irish ancestry.
Menendez attended Union City public schools through eighth grade and attended high school at The Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, New Jersey, graduating in 2003, and later serving on its board of trustees. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from the Rutgers Law School, during which time he was president of the Student Bar Association, served as Notes and Comments Editor for Rutgers Race and the Law Review, received the Alumni Senior Prize, and was selected as a Governor's Executive Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Menendez worked as a lawyer with Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
On April 15, 2021, Menendez was nominated to be a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Phil Murphy. He was unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate on June 3, 2021, and sworn in on June 4. He was the first Latino from New Jersey and the first millennial to serve as a Port Authority Commissioner. While serving on the board, Menendez chaired the Governance and Ethics Committee and was a member of the Finance Committee, which oversees the Port Authority’s multi-billion-dollar annual budget. He resigned as commissioner on January 2, 2023, the day before he joined Congress.
As a member of the Democratic Party, Menendez announced his bid for New Jersey's 8th congressional district upon the retirement announcement of incumbent representative Albio Sires, who subsequently endorsed Menendez. His father represented the area before Sires from 1993 to 2006, when it was numbered the 13th congressional district.
Menendez was endorsed by prominent New Jersey politicians, including New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, State Senator and Union City Mayor Brian Stack, State Senator and North Bergen Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, and others.
Menendez campaigned on addressing the needs of working- and middle-class families and the challenges associated with the rising costs of basic necessities such as housing, healthcare, education and family care. He spoke often about infrastructure investments, gun control, and reproductive choice. Menendez's campaign expressed support for organized labor and workers rights. He was endorsed by numerous labor unions during his campaign.
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Rob Menendez
Robert Jacobsen Menendez Jr. (born July 12, 1985) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party and son of former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, he was a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 2021 to 2023.
Menendez was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and raised in Union City, New Jersey. He is the son of Robert Menendez, a former Senator from New Jersey serving eleven years in prison after being convicted of numerous crimes while in office[citation needed], and Jane Jacobsen, a public school teacher, school nurse, and guidance counselor. He is Cuban-American through his father. His paternal grandparents came to the United States in 1953, fleeing the regime of Fulgencio Batista. Menendez's mother, as described by his sister Alicia, is of German, Norwegian, and Irish ancestry.
Menendez attended Union City public schools through eighth grade and attended high school at The Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, New Jersey, graduating in 2003, and later serving on its board of trustees. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from the Rutgers Law School, during which time he was president of the Student Bar Association, served as Notes and Comments Editor for Rutgers Race and the Law Review, received the Alumni Senior Prize, and was selected as a Governor's Executive Fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
Menendez worked as a lawyer with Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
On April 15, 2021, Menendez was nominated to be a commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Governor Phil Murphy. He was unanimously confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate on June 3, 2021, and sworn in on June 4. He was the first Latino from New Jersey and the first millennial to serve as a Port Authority Commissioner. While serving on the board, Menendez chaired the Governance and Ethics Committee and was a member of the Finance Committee, which oversees the Port Authority’s multi-billion-dollar annual budget. He resigned as commissioner on January 2, 2023, the day before he joined Congress.
As a member of the Democratic Party, Menendez announced his bid for New Jersey's 8th congressional district upon the retirement announcement of incumbent representative Albio Sires, who subsequently endorsed Menendez. His father represented the area before Sires from 1993 to 2006, when it was numbered the 13th congressional district.
Menendez was endorsed by prominent New Jersey politicians, including New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, State Senator and Union City Mayor Brian Stack, State Senator and North Bergen Mayor Nicholas J. Sacco, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, and others.
Menendez campaigned on addressing the needs of working- and middle-class families and the challenges associated with the rising costs of basic necessities such as housing, healthcare, education and family care. He spoke often about infrastructure investments, gun control, and reproductive choice. Menendez's campaign expressed support for organized labor and workers rights. He was endorsed by numerous labor unions during his campaign.
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