Nadine Arslanianm. 2020Jane Menendezm. 1976–2005Bob Menendez/WifeIn October 2019, Menendez got engaged to Nadine Arslanian, a businesswoman from Bergen County. They married in October 2020.
AmericanAlicia Menendez / NationalityMenendez grew up in Union City, New Jersey, the daughter of United States Senator Robert Menendez and Jane Jacobsen. Her father was a US Senator and a 3rd generation American of Cuban ancestry and her mother is of German, Norwegian, and Irish ancestry. She graduated from Harvard College in 2005.
Alicia MenendezBob Menendez / Daughter
Jane MenendezAlicia Menendez / Mother
Nadine Arslanianm. 2020Jane Menendezm. 1976–2005Bob Menendez/Spouse
Democratic PartyBob Menendez / PartyThe Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It was founded in 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Since the 1860s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party. Wikipedia
New York, NYBob Menendez / Place of birth
Bob Menendez, in full Robert Menendez, (born January 1, 1954, New York, New York, U.S.), American politician who was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 2006 and was elected to that body later that year.
In 2015 Menendez was indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly failing to report numerous gifts from a political donor on whose behalf he interceded with various government agencies . Menendez denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty, continuing to serve in the Senate.
During that time Menendez entered local politics by mounting a drive to reform the Union City Board of Education. He was elected to the board in 1974 and served until 1978. After studying law at Rutgers University (Juris Doctor, 1979), he entered private legal practice in 1980.
In Congress Menendez took varied political stances. On foreign policy matters he was generally conservative and often voted with Republicans. He called for military intervention in Libya and Syria, though he opposed a 2002 resolution that authorized the use of force against Iraq.
Menendez concurrently served in the New Jersey General Assembly (1987–91). In 1992 Menendez ran for the U.S. House of Representatives following redistricting that created the Latino-majority 13th district. He was elected and took office the following year. In January 2006 Gov. Jon Corzine appointed him to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate.
In 2013 Menendez married Alicia Mucci, whom he had met at a fund-raiser. He had two children from a previous marriage (1976–2005) to Jane Jacobsen. Gregory Lewis McNamee The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
He was notably more liberal on environmental and domestic issues. Menendez supported abortion rights and same-sex marriage, and he emerged as a leading advocate for immigration reform. Bob Menendez. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content.
After New Jersey's governor appointed him to the U.S. Senate for over nine months, the people of New Jersey elect Bob to represent them full-time.
Bob makes his first foray into politics at age 19, fighting to level the playing field for students. He wins a seat on the Union City Board of Education. 1976. With the help of federal financial aid, Bob becomes the first in his family to go to college and graduates from St. Peters University in New Jersey.
This experience launched Bob ’s lifelong fight to change who had influence in government, standing up to corruption in Union City to become its mayor, and fighting for New Jersey’s most vulnerable residents in the state legislature and U.S. House of Representatives. In 2006, Bob became the first Latino to represent New Jersey in the U.S. Senate, where he has built a reputation as a champion for the powerless against the powerful.
Today, Senator Menendez is recognized as a passionate advocate and an effective legislator. He provides strong leadership with a common sense voice, deftly using his institutional knowledge to build bipartisan support for legislative initiatives that break partisan gridlock and make a real difference in the lives of the people he proudly represents.
Senator and Attorney General Jeff Chiesa. The current acting U.S. Attorney is Rachael Honig. She assumed the post on January 5 following the resignation of Craig Carpenito.
Carpenito was named to the post by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and approved by the state’s federal judges after the Trump White House was unable to get Menendez and Booker to sign off.
Semper would be the first Black to serve as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey. Klingeman, an assistant U.S. Attorney from 1995 to 2001, is a prominent criminal defense lawyer and partner at Klingeman Cerminele.
Semper is currently the chief of the Organized Crime and Gangs section in the U.S. Attorney’s office. He joined the federal prosecutor’s office in 2018 after spending ten years as an assistant prosecutor in Essex and Union counties. He ran the Special Prosecutions Unit in Essex from 2013 to 2018.
Attorney since Faith Hochberg left the post in 1999 to become a U.S. District Court Judge. Semper would be the first Black to serve as U.S. Attorney in New Jersey.