The son of Cuban immigrants and an attorney by training, Menendez was a Union City, New Jersey, school board member at age 20 and later became the mayor of the city, about a mile from West New York.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez grew up and started in politics in Union City, New Jersey's most Latino municipality, where there's support, as well as disappointment.

A New Jersey elementary school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez’s name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges.

Bob Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, was elected to the school board at age 19 and rose to the U.S. Senate. But, he was dogged by corruption allegations along the way.

Sen. Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who has served in public office for decades, ... graduating in 1972 from the city's Union Hill High School. 1974 - 1979.

View full sizeAP photoU.S. Sen. Robert Menendez School?I agree with Union City Board of Education employee Celin Valdivia's comment that former Secretary of State Colin Powell exemplifies the ...

The family moved to New Jersey, where he grew up in a tenement building in Union City. Menendez earned a degree from Rutgers Law School and was elected to the Union City Board of Education in 1974.

New Jersey school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez’s name from its building Jul 31, 2024, 11:40 AM FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at Manhattan federal court Oct. 23, 2023, in New York.

New Jersey school is removing Sen. Bob Menendez’s name from its building Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., arrives at Manhattan federal court Oct. 23, 2023, in New York.

WEST NEW YORK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey elementary school will remove Sen. Bob Menendez's name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A spokesperson for West New York ...

The son of Cuban immigrants and an attorney by training, Menendez was a Union City, New Jersey, school board member at age 20 and later became the mayor of the city, about a mile from West New York.

A New Jersey elementary school will remove Sen. Bob Menendez's name from its building after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A spokesperson for West New York Mayor Albio Sires confirmed ...