14 Facts About Eugene Dorff

Eugene Joseph Dorff was an American politician from Wisconsin.

Eugene Dorff served three terms on the Kenosha Common Council from 1964 until 1970, but did not run for a fourth term in 1970.

Eugene Dorff made his first bid for Wisconsin State Assembly in 1968.

Eugene Dorff resided in one of the city wards belonging to the vast 2nd district.

In 1970, Eugene Dorff tried again, running as a fiscal moderate and favoring property tax relief for homeowners.

Eugene Dorff made an issue of the Legislature's bi-annual sessions, suggesting that the state would be better-run if they returned to annual sessions.

Eugene Dorff again turned that issue back to a critique of the incumbent, saying the Governor should have called a special session of the Legislature to deal with the issue.

Eugene Dorff now resided in the 65th assembly district, composed of just the southern part of the city of Kenosha and the neighboring town of Pleasant Prairie.

Eugene Dorff returned to local politics in 1984, unseating incumbent alderman Jesse Kolmos in the April 1984 city election.

In 1987, when Kenosha mayor John D Bilotti resigned to accept an appointment in the Wisconsin Department of Revenue, the City Council elected Dorff to act as interim mayor until the 1988 election.

Eugene Dorff decided to run for a full term as mayor in 1988.

Eugene Dorff survived a crowded six-person primary, but was defeated in the head-to-head general election by freshman alderman Patrick Moran.

Later in life, Eugene Dorff moved to Mesa, Arizona, where he died of cancer in 2005.

Eugene Dorff married Donna Lupi on November 26,1948, shortly after graduating from high school.