Steven "Steve" Stenger is an American attorney and a Democratic politician. He has served as County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri since January, 2015.
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Early life and education
Steve Stenger was brought up in Affton, Missouri. But born in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood located in southwest St. Louis City. His father was a union telephone lineman with Southwestern Bell. Steve Stenger graduated from Bishop DuBourg High School and briefly toured as a singer with two local bands, The Stand and The Painted Faces. Stenger then went to University of Missouri-St. Louis and majored in accounting. After that, he became a certified public accountant(CPA) and went to law school at St. Louis University. After law school, he got a job as a lawyer and CPA at Ernst & Young. He later helped start the law firm Klar, Izsak and Stenger, where he is a partner.
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Political career
Steve Stenger was the prosecuting attorney 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, 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.
Electoral history
References
External links
- Stenger's biography at St. Louis County's website
- Campaign Website
- Official Bio
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