Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 1

Kenosha Wis Wednesday April 6 1988' 35C a copy Home delivered $245 Weekly it i a 3 ft 5 i '1 7 "7 i ios 1 oasf -i jVT' V-v-''j i) 5 Kenosha 1 ki(pr-- i 7 1 5 vote totals Presidential primary Democrats Michael Dukakis 13851 Jesse Jackson 6470 Albert Gore 2525 Paul Simon 751 Republican George Bush 6089 Robert Dole I 562 Pat Robertson 533 Mayor watch vote wife Mayoral winner Patrick Moran enjoys a laugh on the telephone while Eugene Dorff and his Moran wins By Dave Engels Staff Writer on for Gene Dorff Life will go By Dave Engels Staff Writer have enough credits for Dorff said Tuesday night counting the 25 years of auto work in his head not sure yet I am not eligible for play it by ear I have a lot of options got a treble and made a good living at it There are always jobs out there for skilled tradesmen not worriedabout it ever the He confident and relaxed when asked to pick ouChis greatest achievements in a 22-year political career that spanned city hall and the state capitol Water Safety Dorff replies without hesitation put a tremendous amount of work into that one and it took four years to get it passed by the Legislature The other one was an anti-pornography bill dealing with minors serving as mayor has been an enjoyable period in my Despite his political endurance Dorff said he knows his critics will now refer to him as a relic or a failure To which he responds better to be a has-been than a never Gn Wednesday April 20 Gene Dorff will get up early like always follow the same routine as the past 10 months except he put on a dress shirt tie and suit Instead don the clothes of a sheet metal worker and report to a maintenance department at the Chrysler Corp Main Plant Gene Dorff will no longer be mayor of Kenosha the job he temporarily assumed on June 15 1987 after seven-year incumbent John Bilotti resigned Call him Gene Dorff citizen and autoworker Proud auto'worker back to the motors work for a while and see what he says disappointment but no trace of bitterness in the straightforward gentleman who was denied a full four-year term Tuesday by city voters the time the final layoff comes I may The candidate who billed himself as the for the is now the man of the I hoar1' -AjrruF'SS sssss2iassaBSBBcs zsfzzpssi Freshman Alderman Patrick Moran whose campaign never stopped gathering momentum rolled to victory in the Kenosha mayoral election Tuesday Moran received 12979 votes or 551 percent of those cast in the mayoral contest while interim incumbent Eugene Dorff received 10566 votes or 448 percent The results are unofficial and will be reviewed later today by the city's Board of Canvassers Moran 41 a sales manager for Merkt Cheese Co in Bristol carried 27 of the 34 wards running strongly on the south southwest and north sides of the city Less than 20 votes separated the two candidates in eight of the wards but Moran said Tuesday night while being showered with hugs kisses and handshakes at the Italian-Ameri-can Club 2217 52nd St was a little surprised at the vote totals I had felt my margin of victory would be less than 500 Moran said he began organizing his campaign last July and relied on a mixture of door-to-door visits telephone solic- 4 1 7 -5 Kenosha News photos by Brian Passino totals tallied race FOUR incumbents win four lose in County Board races Stories page 3 TWO recounts are expected In aldermanic races Story page 14 benefits they have received in the past and think only of Dorff said happens to all Of his supporters Dorff said a great bunch of people hard working and proud of every one of them I have a word I use to describe people I hold in high esteem and that word is Moran said he will now take a couple of days off then meet with aldermen-elect and city department heads on the transition Lakefront development and diversification of economic base will be the main targets of the new energies Moran said I must extend the hand of friendship to all people in the community so we can move forward he said Moran also had kind words for Dorff is a fair man with a well-respected name who ran a vigorous campaign 1 wish him the bestof Tonight: Fair and colder lows in the mid 30s Winds decreasing to 10 to 15 mph Thursday: Partly sunny highs in the mid 50s cooler near Lake Michigan Conditions: At 11 am at the Kenosha News it was 44 with northeast winds gusting to 20 mph INSIDE Advice' 8 Area News 2122 Business 19 Classified 24-28 Comtes 11 Deaths 9 10 Kenosha Life 78 Local News39131424 Opinion 45 Sports 15-18 Television 12 their mandate a politician you have to come to the realization that things like this happen I have no regrets I have served the people of Kenosha for 22 years and enjoyed every minute of Dorff 58 who served as an alderman for nine years a state assemblyman for 12 years and mayor for 10 months offered one hint of disappointment tend to forget the itations and literature distribution to carry his message The turning point in the campaign came two weeks before the Feb 16 primary the victor said when Chrysler Corp announced it would end car assembly in Kenosha later this year perceived a need for Moran said in all due respect represented the politics of yesteryear had been cried many vote favors Dukakis WEATHER times before in the history of Kenosha But once the harsh reality sets in and I hope we can preserve some of those jobs we have to break from the past and try something At the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall 6618 39th Ave an amiable Dorff refused to answer questions about campaign issues or the campaign Dorff said "I accept that when voters speak discouraged by the loss we are encouraged by how we were able to broaden our message in he said will walk out of Wisconsin with some In the Republican primary George Bush scored an overwhelming victory with 82 percent or 6089 of the 7438 votes cast in the county Robert Dole who has withdrawn edged Pat Robertson with 612 votes to 533 Other GOP vote totals were: 110 for Rep Jack Kemp R-NY 56 for Pierre duPont 38 for Alexander' Haig and 19 undesignated Statewide unofficial and incomplete returns showed Dukakis received 477327 votes or 48 percent of the total 'to 283360 or 28 percent Sen Albert Gore Jr of Tennessee got 174135 votes or 17 percent and Sen Paul Simon of Illinois got 48468 for 5 percent Dukakis will receive 44 of the 81 Relegates to be selected later front congressional districts and SEE JACKSON PAGE 2 Kenosha By Dennis A Shook Staff Writer Kenosha County voters gave Michael Dukakis an impressive victory over the Rev Jesse Jackson in the Democratic presidential primary Tuesday and voters around the state ex- pressed similar support for Dukakis Dukakis earned 13956 votes of the 25737 cast or 54 percent Jackson who made two personal apearances in Kenosha and brought the issue of auto assembly shutdown to the national spotlight drew 6470 votes or 25 percent of those who voted Democratic Sen Albert Gore Jr D-Tenn finished a distant third locally with 2525 or 10 percent Sen Paul Simon D-Ill finished fourth with 1999 votes or 8 percent Other Democratic vote totals were -Rep Richard Gephardt Gary Hart 356 Rep Richard Gephardt D-Mo 216 Bruce Babbit 215 and undesigned delegates 85 The Democratic results did not differ significantly In the Ward-by-ward vote totals for presidential primary mayor's race and School Board Pages 1314 city where Dukakis received 10090 votes to 4997 for Jackson That 2-to-l margin increased to 26-to-l outside the city where Dukakis received 3866' to 1473 Jackson won only two wards in the city the 15th Ward in the 8th District and the 19th Ward in the 10th District He won at no county polling places State Rep Peter Barca D-Kenosha county coordinator said he expected a big win understands the issues so Barca said economy is the primary issue here and he is recognized as somebody who can be extremely effective there Barca was a student of for 32 weeks when Barca was a student at the Harvard graduate school in 1980 A Jackson campaign -spokesman said today Jackson was not JUAN Rodriguez wins mile and two-mile races to pace Tremper in Big Nine meet Story page 15 27th District John Fitzgerald 718 Gary Longway 354.