Elected 1992 Born: Jan. 1, 1954, New York, NY Home: Union City Education: St. Peter's Col., B.A. 1976, Rutgers Law Schl., J.D. 1979 Religion: Catholic Marital Status: married (Jane Jacobsen-Menendez)

Career:

• Elected Office: Union City Board of Ed., 1974-82; Union City Mayor, 1986-92; NJ Assembly, 1987-91; NJ Senate, 1991-92.
• Professional: Practicing atty., 1980-92.

DC Office: 2238 RHOB 20515, 202-225-7919; Fax: 202-226-0792; Web site: menendez.house.gov

State Offices: Bayonne, 201-823-2900; Jersey City,201-222-2828; Perth Amboy,908-324-6212; Union City,201-558-0800.

Committees:

• Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman
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• International Relations (6th of 23 D): International Operations and Human Rights; Western Hemisphere (RMM).
• Transportation & Infrastructure (10th of 34 D): Aviation; Water Resources & Environment.

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	95	79	100	93	61	55	19	38	8	12	20
1999	100	--	100	100	28	--	12	24	4	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	78%	--	21%		92%	--	5%
Social	76%	--	23%		72%	--	26%
Foreign	65%	--	34%		61%	--	38%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage Y 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. Y 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto N 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks Y  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion N  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China N 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World Y 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo N

Election Results
2000 general	Robert Menendez (D)	117,856	(79%)
	Theresa de Leon (R)	27,849	(19%)
	Other	3,893	(3%)
2000 primary	Robert Menendez (D)	unopposed
1998 general	Robert Menendez (D)	70,308	(80%)
	Theresa De Leon (R)	14,615	(17%)
	Other	2,900	(3%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Robert Menendez (D)	$2,188,542	$578,130	$1,713,018
Theresa de Leon (R)	$13,119	$2,340	$19,822