Red Mascara, who became New Jersey’s most persistent lobbyist with his 55-year bid to make a ditty he had written the official song of the state of Sinatra and Springsteen, died on June 20 at his home in Phillipsburg, N.J. He was 92.

His death was confirmed by his granddaughter Rebecca Lee, who said he had had a stroke four days earlier. The day before that, she said, he had been calling members of the State Assembly to push his cause, which once came a veto pen away from succeeding but always remained out of reach.

Mr. Mascara wrote the song “I’m From New Jersey” in 1960 after he heard that Gov. Robert B. Meyner had said that he wished there was an official state song to play when he arrived at functions.

A World War II veteran, Mr. Mascara worked at a chemical factory but had some success as a songwriter. His “Seek, Seek, Seek” was sung on the television show “Name That Tune” in 1956. He longed for a tune that would immortalize him.