:William Lorge

Born in Bear Creek, Wisconsin,"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19600901&id=tsAVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FBAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3283,408877&hl=en Senator Shaken as Son is Born in Law Office]", The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 1, 1960, part 1, p. 21. Lorge graduated from Clintonville High School and then received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also attended the Austro-American College in Vienna, Austria.

Lorge has been a real estate broker and a farmer.Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=goto&id=WI.WIBlueBk1997&page=49&isize=L State of Wisconsin 1997-1998 Blue Book]. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 1997, p. 49.[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2880&search_term=lorge Wisconsin Historical Society-William D. Lorge], archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20131214042312/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2880&search_term=lorge] He served as a Congressional aide and a Wisconsin state senate legislative assistant for his father."[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1368&dat=19801206&id=aqpRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4919,1785949&hl=en Why distrust grows]", The Milwaukee Sentinel, December 6, 1980, part 1, p. 12. In 1984 he ran for the 14th District State Senate seat vacated by his father, losing in the primary to Joseph Leean.Elizabeth Brixey. "Anything-can-happen GOP primary aims at Senate", Wisconsin State Journal, August 6, 1995, p. 1C, col. 2. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican from 1989 until 1999. A 1996 survey of legislators conducted by Madison Magazine rated Lorge poorly in several categories.[http://www.chucknowlen.com/legislators.htm Wisconsin’s Best (And Worst) Legislators] from Madison Magazine In 1998 Lorge lost to Jean Hundertmark in the primary.Andrew Blasko. "Assemblyman 'Elvis' king of expense reports", Wisconsin State Journal, January 25, 1999, p. 1B, col. 5. That same year, Lorge submitted the highest expense report of any member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.Blasko. "A state representative who was nicknamed "Elvis" and was the only incumbent to lose the fall primaries reported $17,775 in daily expenses for 1998, the most of any Assembly member that year."

In 2002, Lorge entered the Republican gubernatorial primary, challenging incumbent Republican Governor Scott McCallum. He garnered only 8 percent of the vote, as McCallum was renominated.{{cite web |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/03bb/881-962.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=legis.wisconsin.gov |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103185506/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/bb/03bb/881-962.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}

His father, Gerald Lorge, served 30 years in the Wisconsin State Senate."Gerald Lorge dies at 78", The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, February 16, 2001, p. 5B. Lorge married Molly McGinty on April 11, 1996, in Bear Creek.Wisconsin State Legislature. [http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1995/related/journals/assembly/96_05_08.pdf State of Wisconsin Assembly Journal Ninety-Second Regular Session], May 8, 1996, p. 1134. They had four children together before divorcing in 2014.{{cite web|url= https://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2014FA000001&countyNo=13&index=0 |title= Dane County Case Number 2014FA000001 In RE the marriage of Molly M McGinty and William D Lorge |work= Wisconsin Circuit Court Access |date= January 2, 2014 |accessdate= October 25, 2021 }}

Lorge has worked as an Elvis Presley impersonator."[http://journaltimes.com/news/state-and-regional/elvis-impersonator-running-for-gop-nomination-for-governor/article_d72b9b6f-37cb-5e92-a91d-ab7a75358ac3.html Elvis impersonator running for GOP nomination for governor]", The Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, June 2, 2002. Retrieved July 19, 2015. He owned Badgerland MLS, a real estate company.[http://badgerlandmls.com/broker/ "Meet the Broker"], BadgerlandMLS.com

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