Management and is currently a senior advisor for Virtu Financial. Political career Sometime before April 1987, Dawkins established residence in Rumson, New Jersey. He ran as a Republican against New Jersey's incumbent Democratic United States Senator Frank Lautenberg in 1988. The race was notable for the negative tone that emerged from both sides and Lautenberg's criticism of Dawkins's lack of roots in the state, calling him a carpetbagger. Dawkins lost in the general election by an eight-point margin. Electoral history 1988 Race for U.S. Senate Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 54% Pete Dawkins (R), 46% References External links LIFE Magazine article (Oct. 13, 1958) 1938 births Living people All-American college football players American athlete-politicians American football halfbacks United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War American Rhodes Scholars Army Black Knights football players Bain & Company employees Candidates in the 1988 United States elections 20th-century American politicians College Football Hall of Fame inductees Cranbrook Educational Community alumni Heisman Trophy winners Lehman Brothers people Maxwell Award winners New Jersey Republicans Primerica Princeton School of Public and International Affairs alumni United States Army generals White House Fellows Sportspeople from Royal Oak, Michigan People from Rumson, New Jersey Players of American football from Michigan People with polio Oxford University RFC players Military personnel from New Jersey Military personnel from Michigan