October 16, 2013. A special primary, which was won by Cory Booker as the Democrat and Steve Lonegan as the Republican candidate, was held on August 13, 2013. On June 6, 2013, Christie appointed Republican New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the Senate seat until the elected winner could be sworn in. On October 17, 2013, Democrat Cory Booker was announced the winner of the special election. He has held the seat ever since. Frank R. Lautenberg Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area The Frank R. Lautenberg Deep-Sea Coral Protection Area is an offshore marine protected area for deep-sea corals off the coast of the Mid-Atlantic states of the United States, established in 2016 and named after Lautenberg. Electoral history The results for Lautenberg's elections to the US Senate: 1982 election for US Senate Frank Lautenberg (D), 50% Millicent Fenwick (R), 48% 1988 election for US Senate Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 54% Pete Dawkins (R), 46% 1994 election for US Senate Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 50% Chuck Haytaian (R), 47% Michael P. Kelly (Keep America First) 0.7% Ben Grindlinger (Libertarian) 0.7% Richard Pezzullo (Conservative) 0.4% Andrea Lippi (Jobs, Property Rights) 0.3% George Patrick Predham (Damn Drug Dealers) 0.2% Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Workers Party) 0.2% Arlene Gold (Natural Law Party) 0.2% 2002 election for US Senate Frank Lautenberg (D), 54% Doug Forrester (R), 44% 2008 election for US Senate Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 56% Dick Zimmer (R), 42% See also List of Columbia University alumni List of Jewish American politicians List of people buried at Arlington National Cemetery List of people from Montclair, New Jersey List of Polish Americans List of Russian Americans List of United States senators from New Jersey List of United States Congress members who died in office List of Jewish members of the United States Congress References External links United States Senator Frank Lautenberg U.S. Senate website Oral history interview with Frank Lautenberg, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Lautenberg helped co-found the early payroll services firm Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) and served as both chairman and CEO. Memorial addresses and other tributes, held in the Senate and House of Representatives |- |- |- 1924 births 2013 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American businesspeople 21st-century American politicians American chairpersons of corporations American chief executives American gun control activists Jewish American military personnel United States Army personnel of World War II American people of