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Lautenberg announced his retirement in 2000, and his fellow Democrat and businessman, Jon Corzine, was elected to replace him.
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Lautenberg and announced
In 2000, when Democratic U. S. Senator Frank Lautenberg announced his retirement, Whitman seriously considered being a candidate, but ultimately decided against running.
In February 2006, Lautenberg announced his intention to run for reelection in 2008, saying that deciding not to run for reelection in 2000 " was among the worst decisions of his life.
" Lautenberg formally announced his candidacy on March 31, 2008.
On Wednesday, April 2, 2008, First District Representative Rob Andrews announced he would challenge Lautenberg for renomination in the Democratic primary.
On February 19, 2010, it was announced that Lautenberg had been diagnosed with stomach cancer at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York.
Andrews had informally announced his plan to run in the 2006 Democratic primary against Menendez, but in January 2006 announced that he would run for a ninth full term in the House and seek the Senate seat in 2008 if U. S. Senator Frank Lautenberg retired.
Lautenberg and 2000
In 2000, Florio ran for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat that was being vacated by Frank Lautenberg.
Lautenberg and Democrat
Democrat Frank Lautenberg led Republican Dick Zimmer 51. 4 % to 48. 6 % ( 1, 741 votes to 1, 643 ) in Wood-Ridge in the race for the United States Senate, while Democrat Steven Rothman was ahead of Republican Vincent Micco 57. 0 % ( 1, 880 votes ) to 43. 0 % ( 1, 417 ) for the seat in the United States House of Representatives.
Lautenberg and businessman
* Pete Dawkins ( born 1938 ), former U. S. Army Brigadier General, Heisman Trophy winner, Rhodes Scholar, and businessman who ran in 1988 for the United States Senate seat held by Frank Lautenberg, losing 54 %- 46 %.
" In 1982, she ran for a United States Senate seat, defeated conservative Jeffrey Bell in the Republican primary, but then narrowly lost the general election to liberal Democratic businessman Frank Lautenberg.
Lautenberg and Jon
Sen. Lautenberg ( center ) is joined by Sen. Harry Reid ( right ) and outgoing Sen. Jon Corzine ( second to left, with red tie ) to welcome the new Senator Bob Menendez ( between Corzine and Lautenberg ) on Capitol Hill.
When Jon Corzine resigned from the Senate to become Governor of New Jersey, Lautenberg became the senior senator again in 2006.
Lautenberg and was
The Responsible Education About Life Act was introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg ( D-NJ ) and Representatives Barbara Lee ( D-CA ) and Christopher Shays ( R-CT ) to support age-appropriate sexual education.
Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, to Sam and Mollie Lautenberg, impoverished Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, who had arrived in the United States as infants.
When Lautenberg was 19, his father, Sam, who worked in silk mills, sold coal, farmed and once ran a tavern, died of cancer.
In 1988, Lautenberg was opposed by Republican Wall Street executive and former college football star Pete Dawkins, who won the 1958 Heisman Trophy for the Army Black Knights.
After trailing in early polls, the Lautenberg campaign, headed by Democratic consultant James Carville, ran an aggressive advertising campaign enumerating Lautenberg's legislative accomplishments and raising the possibility that Dawkins's candidacy was intended solely as a stepping stone to the presidency, as well as pointing out his lack of roots in New Jersey.
Following reelection, Lautenberg became a member of the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism ( PCAST ), which was set up in September 1989 to review and report on aviation security policy in light of the sabotage of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988.
Lautenberg was again reelected in the Republican landslide year of 1994, defeating New Jersey State Assembly Speaker Chuck Haytaian by 51 % to 47 %.
A little over a year after he left office, Lautenberg was called upon again to run for the Senate.
It was rumored that Lautenberg was not the first choice of the Democratic Party to run, but their first choice of Bill Bradley ( who had served in this particular seat until 1996, when he decided to retire ) was rejected.
Almost immediately, the New Jersey Republican Party challenged the replacing of Torricelli with Lautenberg, citing that the timing was too close to the election and, per New Jersey law, the change could not be allowed.
Upon his return to the Senate, Lautenberg was the first U. S. senator to introduce legislation calling for homeland security funds to be distributed solely on the basis of risk and vulnerability.
Lautenberg was not in the Senate at the time of the original Patriot Act in 2001 ; when the 2005 reauthorization came to the Senate floor, Lautenberg voted against cloture but voted in favor of accepting the conference report.
Andrews, for example, referenced Lautenberg's own 1982 defeat of Millicent Fenwick, in which Lautenberg was alleged to have referred to Fenwick's age ( Fenwick was 72 at the time ; Lautenberg was 84 in 2008 ).
Lautenberg and replace
Shortly thereafter, the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Democratic Party could legally replace Torricelli's name on the ballot with that of former U. S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, ironically a longtime Torricelli nemesis, with whom he had often publicly feuded.
In the case of The New Jersey Democratic Party v. Samson, 175 N. J. 178 ( 2002 ), Forrester sued to stop Democratic Party efforts to have Frank Lautenberg replace Torricelli.
Lautenberg and him
Brady, who had just a few days left in his appointed term, resigned on December 27, 1982, allowing Lautenberg to take office several days before the traditional swearing-in of senators, which gave him an edge in seniority over the other freshman senators.
Lautenberg and .
* Frank Lautenberg, BS 1949, U. S. Senator from New Jersey
Along with Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, he is one of two current Senators to have returned to the Senate having previously retired.
U. S. Senator Frank Lautenberg currently resides in the borough.
Secaucus is also the site of New Jersey Transit's Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction train station, peculiarly named since there is no actual track junction.
He showed support for passenger rail initiatives, notably his 2006 bipartisan introduction, with Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, of legislation to provide 80 percent federal matching grants to intercity rail and guarantee adequate funding for Amtrak.
In 1982 Mrs. Sigmund lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate to Frank Lautenberg.
announced and retirement
On July 23, 1963, Webb announced Mueller's appointment as Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, to replace then Associate Administrator D. Brainard Holmes on his retirement effective September 1.
In 1973, before her 39th birthday, Bardot announced her retirement.
On 19 April 2007 Lara announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket, indicating that the West Indies vs England match on 21 April 2007 would be his last international appearance.
He further decided against retirement, and after a two-year extension for the previous deal was agreed to on January 12, 2012, it was announced that Selig would remain commissioner until the end of the 2014 season.
On August 22, Lou Piniella, who had already announced his retirement at the end of the season, announced that he would leave the Cubs prematurely to take care of his sick mother.
Defender Tommy Caton, who had been out of action due to injury since January 1991, announced his retirement from playing on medical advice in March 1993, having failed to recover full fitness, and he died suddenly at the end of the following month, aged just 30 years.
President James Wright announced his retirement in February 2008 and was replaced by Harvard University professor and physician Jim Yong Kim on July 1, 2009.
Continuing the shakeup of the Red Wings roster, the offseason saw the departure of Brendan Shanahan and the return of Dominik Hasek, while Steve Yzerman announced his retirement after a 23-season Hall of Fame career with the Wings, having played the third most games in history ( behind fellow Wings Alex Delvecchio and Nicklas Lidström ) all with a single team.
Longtime Red Wings Kris Draper and Chris Osgood also announced their retirement from hockey, with both soon taking positions within the club.
In 2012, RedBrick announced their retirement as a game publisher and the transfer of the Earthdawn license back to FASA Corporation ( and subsequently to FASA Games, Inc .).
After 20 years with Milan, Baresi announced his retirement as a player on 24 June 1997.
In January 2012, Lucas announced his retirement from producing large-scale blockbuster films and instead re-focusing his career on smaller, independently budgeted features.
On October 15, 2009, Garth Brooks announced the end of his retirement.
On October 26, 2000, Brooks officially announced his retirement from recording and performing.
On October 15, 2009, Brooks announced that he was coming out of retirement, to do weekend performances at Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip.
He considered trying to resume his career as a goalkeeper but even he had to accept that the loss of binocular vision was an obvious barrier to maintaining his goalkeeping livelihood, and announced his retirement from playing on 8 August 1973.
Following the season, head coach Tony Dungy announced his retirement after seven seasons as head coach, compiling an overall record of 92 – 33 with the team.
After the season, the team's veteran leader, Preki announced his retirement.
On 1 November 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis after testing positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007.
He again broke his leg in several places and subsequently announced his retirement.
On December 3, 1991, Jerry Burns announced his retirement effective at the end of the 1991 season.
" Muralitharan announced his retirement from Test cricket after the first Test against India at Galle which commenced on 2010.
It would be only after McEwen announced his retirement that MacMahon would be able to successfully challenge Gorton for the Liberal leadership.
Following Dawkins ' retirement from the NFL on April 23, 2012, the Eagles announced that they would retire his number.
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