New Jersey 8th District — Elections Intelligence

THE NOVEMBER FIELD

Democratic — SETTLED

Robert Menendez Democratic · Nominee

Independent — SETTLED

AE Aristotle Eliopoulos Independent · Nominee

View the primary field · 3 candidates

AEAristotle Eliopoulos Independent CHCraig Honts other DHDa'Shone Hughey other

FTP RACE SIGNAL

The market has run well past this seat's history — a 18-point Democratic hold in 2024, priced at 99.8¢ today.

Safe D

SAFE DLIKELY DLEAN DTOSS-UPLEAN RLIKELY RSAFE R

Market · Safe DD 99.8¢ — traders' price for a Democratic hold.Prior result · Likely DD+18.4 in 2024.

Signal clarityMediumas of 2026-08-27

MARKET BandPRICEToss-up50–65¢Lean65–82¢Likely82–95¢Safe95¢ and above

D 99.8¢

Kalshi party market · checked Aug 27

POLLING BandPOINTSToss-up0–5Lean5–10Likely10–20Safe20 and above

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No qualifying general-election poll has been retrieved for this race.

PRIOR RESULT BandPOINTSToss-up0–5Lean5–12Likely12–25Safe25 and above

D+18.4

Rob Menendez (D)

59.2 — 40.8 · 2024 general election

def. Anthony Valdes (R). Margin verified against retrieved official results.

FUNDRAISING BandRATIO TO 1Parity1–5Lean5 and above

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Robert Menendez$1.96M

PULLED 08-04 · PERIOD 06-30 · FEC

Total receipts this cycle.