LaForge moved to Kalamazoo from Portage, Michigan, and served as a Kalamazoo City Commissioner for ten years. He was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 60th district between 1994 and 2000. Due to term limits, he stepped down and subsequently ran for the state senate in 2002, although his campaign was unsuccessful. ==Death==
Death
LaForge had been battling heart disease and died at his home in Lawton, Michigan, on January 19, 2018, at the age of 82. ==References==