U.S. House · Updated Oct 9
New Jersey's 8th District
Robert J. Menendez win chance
>99%
Typical margin: Menendez by 26
Democrat
Who's running
The numbers behind it
Campaign money
Robert J. Menendez
Raised $2.0M · $680K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗
Other filers in this race raised $2.2M in total.
Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.
How the numbers moved
- Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid DCook Political Report
- Jun 30Robert J. Menendez had raised $2.0MFEC filing
How we got this number
We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.
90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between D+14.0 and D+38.4.
No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.
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