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Frank Lautenberg Died 13 Years Ago. His Senate Campaign Committee Is Still Alive.

Efforts to terminate the former U.S. senator’s political operation are ongoing — but the end finally appears near.

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Frank Lautenberg died in 2013. His Senate campaign committee is just now taking steps to shut down. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

By Dave Levinthal

April 29, 2026 12:21 p.m.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s death in 2013 ended a storied Capitol Hill political career that spanned more than three decades.

Or so it seemed.

The New Jersey Democrat’s federal reelection committee, Lautenberg for Senate, technically remains a going concern, having never been officially terminated. The committee has only taken concrete steps to change that in the past few weeks, nearly 13 years after its namesake candidate died at age 89 after serving five terms in the Senate.