Who is Eugene?

Eugene: Anti-Tax Crusader

In 1998, Eugene led the Sterling District Stop the Meals Tax committee and organized the "Meatball Rebellion" Rally at a local restaurant, That's Amore. It turned out over 100 people against the unpopular tax on prepared meals. His effort resulted in Sterling having the highest turnout against the tax, 83% against the tax.

Eugene Delgaudio visited thousands of Sterling voters. They then turned out in record numbers at several rallies and to vote against the hated meals tax that November.

At Christmas time Eugene Delgaudio sponsored an old fashioned Christmas Party to forge an alliance with voters to fight tax increases and unreasonable budget growth.

Eugene Delgaudio received the endorsements of hundreds of voters urging him to run for Supervisor for the vacant Sterling seat on the Board of Supervisors. In November of 1999 they officially endorsed him at the ballot box.

What Else About Eugene Delgaudio?

• In 1977, Eugene Delgaudio was elected to the board of directors of the Sterling-based, national, non-profit organization "Young Americans for Freedom". Eugene was on this board for 10 years. Then-President Ronald Reagan served as honorary chairman. Eugene Delgaudio has maintained an interest in Sterling, and in public service, ever since.
• From 1981 to the present, Eugene Delgaudio has been the Executive Director of Public Advocate, a conservative non-profit organization with 100,000 members, with supporters who donate an average of $17 to support a program of limited government and reduced taxes. Annual budget of $2.7 million
• From 1988 to 1998, Republican leader Eugene Delgaudio helped elect 25 Republicans to office. At dinners and conventions from Falls Church to Richmond he has been hailed.

Numerous elected officials, candidates, Republican Party officials and civic leaders work with Eugene Delgaudio from block captain to Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore.

For years, grassroots activists have chosen Eugene Delgaudio to represent them nationally, first as an Alternate Delegate (1988), and then two times as a Delegate to the Republican National Convention (1992 and 1996). In addition, he has earned the Republican Party's "Most Outstanding Organization" (1993) award and the "Chairman's Award" (1996).

Delgaudio is married to his wife, Sheila for 17 years, and together they have six children. He attends St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls. He is a ten year member of Rotary International, and was Secretary of the Cubscouts of America, Pack 894, for five years. He graduated from York College, New York,with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1976.