Robert Menendez
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United States Senator from New Jersey |
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Assumed office January 17, 2006 Serving with Cory Booker |
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| Preceded by | Jon Corzine |
| Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | |
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In office February 1, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | John Kerry |
| Succeeded by | Bob Corker |
| Chair of the House Democratic Caucus | |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 16, 2006 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Martin Frost |
| Succeeded by | Jim Clyburn |
| Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus | |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Barbara Kennelly |
| Succeeded by | Jim Clyburn |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 16, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Guarini |
| Succeeded by | Albio Sires |
| Member of the New Jersey State Senate from the 33rd district |
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In office March 4, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher Jackman |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Kenny |
| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 33rd district |
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In office January 12, 1988 – March 4, 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Jose Arango |
| Succeeded by | Louis Romano |
| Mayor of Union City | |
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In office 1986–1992 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Wichert |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Walter |
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Robert Menendez January 1, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Jacobsen (1976–2005) |
| Children | 2 (including Alicia) 1 stepdaughter |
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Saint Peter's University (BA) Rutgers University, Newark (JD) |
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| Website | Senate website |
Robert "Bob" Menendez /mɛˈnɛndɛz/ (born January 1, 1954) is the senior United States Senator from the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States. First appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006, he was later elected Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013.
In 1974, at the age of 20, he was first elected to the Union City School District's Board of Education. In 1986, won the election for Mayor of Union City. In 1988, while continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected to represent the state's 33rd district in the General Assembly of New Jersey and, within three years, moved to the New Jersey State Senate, upon winning the March 1991 special election for the 33rd Senate district. The next year he won a seat in the Congress of the United States for the House of Representatives and represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district for six two-year terms, from 1993 to 2006. In January 2006, he was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jon Corzine (who had been elected 54th Governor of New Jersey), and was elected to a full six-year term in November and re-elected following in 2012.
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