United States 2026 · Parties and candidates · House, New Jersey 8
Robert Menendez
Result: Won · 88.6% Unofficial count as of 6 November 2026.
Robert Menendez’s FEC committees ran 131 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram from 1 page between 5 May 2026 and 20 May 2026. Meta reports $28.7–45.7K of spend. That makes Robert Menendez the 225th largest spender of the 1181 federal candidates with ads. Running for House, New Jersey 8. Party: Democrats.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026.
131
ads on 1 page
$37.2K
reported spend, range $28.7–45.7K
100%
of spend on federal races
$50
median spend per ad
Meta and Google side by side
On MetaFacebook · Instagram
$37.2K
131 ads on 1 page, midpoint of Meta’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 31 October 2026
- Largest page
- Rob Menendez · $37.2K
- Federal races
- 100%
- Median spend per ad
- $50
- Attack ads, of text ads
- 0.0%
On Google and YouTubeSearch · YouTube · Display
$14.5–19.3K
20 ads from 1 verified advertiser account, Google’s ranges, 4 May 2026 to 3 June 2026
- Against Meta spend
- 0.5×
- Formats
- 20 video
- Impressions
- 877K–1.1M
- Targeting declared
- age on 20 ads · gender on 20 ads
- States named
- New Jersey
- Last ad shown
- 3 Jun
Google advertiser accounts
| Advertiser | Ads | Formats | States | First ad | Last ad | Spend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menendez for Congress | 20 | 20 video | NJ | 5 May | 3 Jun | $14.5–19.3K |
Google publishes no ad text; the link on each account opens its ads in Google’s Ads Transparency Center. An account is tied to this page by its FEC committee; a party page lists its 1 largest.
Spend by week the ad started
Tone
Share of the 131 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Topics
Spend by race: Federal 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 83%, Spanish 17%.
FEC committees
| FEC committee | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| MENENDEZ FOR CONGRESS C00799767 | 131 | $37.2K |
The committees whose ads count for the candidate, as the FEC names them.
The costliest ads
The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Rob Menendez never backs down. Rob meets the urgency of this moment and always fights for his community. Vote Rob Menendez for Congress on or before June 2.
6 May 2026 · Rob Menendez · $4–4.5K · 100K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Our fights are Rob's fights. That's why he never backs down in the fight against Trump. Vote Rob Menendez for Congress - our Democrat - on or before June 2.
19 May 2026 · Rob Menendez · $2–2.5K · 80K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Rob es uno de los líderes del Caucus Hispano del Congreso. Cuando escuchan a Rob, nos escuchan a nosotros. Vota por Rob Menéndez para el Congreso el 2 de junio o antes.
19 May 2026 · Rob Menendez · $1–1.5K · 50K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad LibrarySpanish
Our fights are Rob's fights. That's why he never backs down in the fight against Trump. Vote Rob Menendez for Congress - our Democrat - on or before June 2.
5 May 2026 · Rob Menendez · $1–1.5K · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Cuando llegaron a nuestra comunidad… cuando vinieron por nuestros vecinos… Rob estuvo ahí con nosotros. Vota por Rob Menéndez para el Congreso el 2 de junio o antes.
8 May 2026 · Rob Menendez · $400 – $499 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad LibrarySpanish
I am thankful for the trust & support of my friend, Senator Andy Kim. Grateful to be in the trenches with him to help shape the future of our state and country.
11 May 2026 · Rob Menendez · $300 – $399 · 60K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Pages that ran the ads
| Page | Ads | Spend ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Menendez | 131 | $37.2K |
Each name opens the page’s Vipima page, with its own figures and its link to Meta’s Ad Library.
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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