The New Jersey Democrat reached a new height representing Latinos. But prosecutors circled for decades before charging him with an explosive new bribery plot.
Bob Menendez, 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. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–2006). Learn more about his life and career, including his legal difficulties.