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    Bob MenendezAmerican lawyer and politician
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    Robert Menendez is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a United States senator from New Jersey from 2006 until his resignation in 2024 following his conviction on 16 counts in a political corruption case. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison in January 2025. A member of the Democratic Party and the Cuban–American lobby, he was first appointed to the Senate by Governor Jon Corzine, and chaired the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 2013 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023.
    BornRobert Menendez · January 1, 1954 · New York City, U.S.
    Political partyDemocratic
    SpousesJane Jacobsen · (m. 1976; div. 2005) · Nadine Arslanian (m. 2020)
    ChildrenAlicia · Rob
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    Early life

    Menendez was born on January 1, 1954, in New York City to Cuban immigrants who had left Cuba a few months earlier, in 1953. His father, Mario Menéndez, was a carpenter, and his mother, Evangelina, was a seamstress. … See more

    Early political career

    At the start of his career, Menendez was an aide to Union City mayor and state senator William V. Musto. In 1974, he was elected to the Union City Board of Education, the youngest candidate ever to win election to the board. I… See more

    U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2006)

    In 1992, incumbent Democratic U.S. Congressman Frank Guarini, of New Jersey's 14th congressional district, retired after redistricting. The district had been renumbered as the 13th district and reconfigure… See more

    U.S. Senate (2006–2024)

    In January 2006, Governor Jon Corzine appointed Menendez to fill the remaining year in Corzine's Senate term, from which Corzine resigned after being elected governor of New Jersey two months before. While seve… See more

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