However , she then narrowly lost the general election to liberal Democratic businessman and Automatic Data Processing CEO Frank Lautenberg in a stunning defeat .
In 1982 , she ran for a United States Senate seat , and defeated conservative Jeffrey Bell in the Republican primary .
She then narrowly lost the general election to liberal Democratic businessman and Automatic Data Processing CEO Frank Lautenberg in a stunning defeat .
In 1982 , she ran for a United States Senate seat , and defeated conservative Jeffrey Bell in the Republican primary .