Steve Stenger

Steve Stenger
8th County Executive of St. Louis County
In office
January 1, 2015 – April 29, 2019
Preceded byCharlie Dooley
Succeeded bySam Page
Member of the St. Louis County Council from the 6th district
In office
2009–2015
Preceded byJohn Campisi
Succeeded byKevin O'Leary
Personal details
Born
Steven Stenger

St. Louis, Missouri
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Allison Stenger (m. 2009)
Julie Stenger (div.)
Alma materSaint Louis University (J.D.)
University of Missouri–St. Louis (B.Acy.)
OccupationAttorney (disbarred)
Certified Public Accountant
Websitearchived campaign website
Criminal statusIncarcerated at FPC Yankton, #48972-044[1]
Criminal charge
3 counts of corruption charges for a pay-to-play scheme exchanging county contracts for campaign donations
Penalty46 months

Steven Stenger is an American former attorney and former Democratic politician. He served as County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri from January 2015 to April 2019. He resigned his position in April 2019 after being federally indicted on honest services bribery and mail fraud charges.[2]

Early life and education

Steve Stenger was born in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood located in southwest St. Louis, but was brought up in Affton, Missouri.[3] His father was a union telephone lineman with Southwestern Bell.[4] Steve Stenger graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School and briefly toured as a singer with two local bands, The Stand and The Painted Faces.[5] Stenger then went to University of Missouri–St. Louis and majored in accounting.[3] After that, he became a certified public accountant (CPA) and went to law school at St. Louis University.[3] After law school, he got a job as a lawyer and CPA at Ernst & Young.[4]

Political career

Steve Stenger was the prosecuting attorney of a city government from 2005-2008.[3] He was on the St. Louis County Council from 2009 to 2015.[3] He represented the sixth district, which contained about 145,000 people in south St. Louis County.[3] He became Chairman of the Council in 2011. In 2014, he defeated Charlie Dooley, a long-time incumbent, during the Democratic primaries for St Louis County Executive.[6] He proceeded to win the St. Louis County Executive general election, narrowly edging out his Republican opponent Rick Stream.[7]

He took office as St. Louis County Executive in 2015. Stenger announced his resignation on April 29, 2019, after being federally indicted on three counts of honest services bribery and mail fraud. On May 28, 2019, Stenger was disbarred by the Supreme Court of Missouri.[8] In August 2019, Stenger was sentenced to 46 months in prison and to pay a fine of $250,000. Stenger served his sentence at FPC Yankton and was released to home confinement on June 8, 2021[9][10][11]

Electoral history

2018 St. Louis County - County Executive
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steve Stenger 252,327 57
Republican Paul Berry III 164,675 37
2014 St. Louis County - County Executive
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steve Stenger 137,638 48
Republican Rick Stream 135,870 48
2012 St. Louis County Council 6th district general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steve Stenger 37,667 55.19
Republican Tony Pousosa 30,505 44.69
2008 St. Louis County Council 6th district general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Steve Stenger 39,896 53.06
Republican John Campisi 35,203 46.82

References

  1. ^ "Inmate Locator". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger released from prison". June 8, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "St. Louis County Council District 6 - Steve Stenger (D)". stlouisco.com. February 9, 2011. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Biography of Steve Stenger". stevestenger.com. 2008. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  5. ^ Hampel, Paul (October 25, 2008). "Animosity marks battle for 6th District seat". St. Lewis Post-Dispatch. p. A12. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Bruce, Betsey; Banker, Andy (August 5, 2014). "Stenger ousts Dooley in Democratic St. Louis County Executive primary". Fox 2 St Louis. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  7. ^ "Stenger triumphs in STL County Executive race". KSDK St Louis. November 5, 2014. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "The Missouri Bar" (PDF). mobar.org. p. 196. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2019.
  9. ^ Jacob Barker (June 8, 2021). "Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger released from prison". stltoday. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Barker, Jeremy Kohler, Jacob (April 30, 2019). "'Pay to play' case sinks St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger". stltoday.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Kohler, Robert Patrick, Jeremy (August 10, 2019). "Steve Stenger sentenced to 46 months for criminal conduct prosecutor calls 'breathtaking in its scope'". STLtoday.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Political offices
Preceded by County Executive of St. Louis County
2015–2019 		Succeeded by