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'''Robert''' "Gold Bar Bob" '''Menendez''' (born January 1, 1954) was the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[New Jersey]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]], until he resigned on August 20, 2024, after being convicted in federal court in [[New York City]] of bribery.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/bob-menendez-new-jersey-senate-resignation-9941e49020a032da3861f5f5cf118ec2</ref>  

'''Robert''' "Gold Bar Bob" '''Menendez''' (born January 1, 1954) was the senior [[United States]] [[Senator]] from [[New Jersey]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party]], until he resigned on August 20, 2024,<ref>https://apnews.com/article/bob-menendez-new-jersey-senate-resignation-9941e49020a032da3861f5f5cf118ec2</ref> after being convicted in federal court in [[New York City]] of bribery.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/menendez-bribery-trial-jury-deliberations-bab89b99a77fc6ce95531c88ab26cc4d</ref>  

After being appointed to fill the vacant Senate seat left by [[Governor]] [[Jon Corzine]], Menendez was elected to a term with 53% of the vote in 2006. He voted with his Democrat colleagues 97.2% of the time.<ref>[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000639/ Source: ''The Washington Post'']</ref> Menendez was chairman of the [[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]] from 2009–2011, during which Democrats lost a net of six Senate seats.

After being appointed to fill the vacant Senate seat left by [[Governor]] [[Jon Corzine]], Menendez was elected to a term with 53% of the vote in 2006. He voted with his Democrat colleagues 97.2% of the time.<ref>[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000639/ Source: ''The Washington Post'']</ref> Menendez was chairman of the [[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee]] from 2009–2011, during which Democrats lost a net of six Senate seats.