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

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charges.

Early life and education

Steve Stenger was born in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood located in southwest St. Louis, but was brought up in

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. His father was a union telephone lineman with

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. Steve Stenger graduated from

Bishop DuBourg High School Bishop DuBourg High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. Notable alumni * Norbert Leo Butz (1985), Tony Award winning American stage, musical th ...

and briefly toured as a singer with two local bands,

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and ''The Painted Faces.'' Stenger then went to

University of Missouri–St. Louis The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is a Public university, public research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Established in 1963, it is the newest of the four universities in the University of Missouri System. Located ...

and majored in accounting. After that, he became a

certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) is the title of qualified accountants in numerous countries in the English-speaking world. It is generally equivalent to the title of chartered accountant in other English-speaking countries. In the United Stat ...

(CPA) and went to

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St. Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River and one of the oldest ...

. After law school, he got a job as a lawyer and CPA at

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Political career

Steve Stenger was the

prosecuting attorney A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the adversarial system, which is adopted in common law, or inquisitorial system, which is adopted in civil law. The prosecution is the legal party responsible ...

of a city government from 2005-2008. He was on the St. Louis County Council from 2009 to 2015. He represented the sixth district, which contained about 145,000 people in south St. Louis County. He became Chairman of the Council in 2011. In 2014, he defeated

Charlie Dooley Charlie A. Dooley is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri until January 1, 2015. Dooley was the first African American to hold this position. Early life and career Dooley grew up ...

, a long-time incumbent, during the Democratic primaries for St Louis County Executive. He proceeded to win the St. Louis County Executive general election, narrowly edging out his Republican opponent Rick Stream. 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

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. 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

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on June 8, 2021

Electoral history

References

External links

Archived campaign website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stenger, Steve Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American politicians convicted of bribery American prisoners and detainees American prosecutors County executives of St. Louis County, Missouri Disbarred American lawyers Ernst & Young people Missouri Democrats Missouri politicians convicted of crimes People from Affton, Missouri Place of birth missing (living people) Politicians convicted of honest services fraud Politicians convicted of mail and wire fraud Politicians from St. Louis Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government Saint Louis University School of Law alumni University of Missouri–St. Louis alumni