Scott C. Fergus | |
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Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 61st district | |
In office January 7, 1985 –July 1, 1990 | |
Preceded by | Sheehan Donoghue |
Succeeded by | Robert L. Turner |
Personal details | |
Born | Racine,Wisconsin,U.S. | January 27,1955
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Carthage College |
Occupation | Real estate developer |
Scott C. Fergus (born January 27,1955) is an American real estate developer and former politician from Racine,Wisconsin. A Democrat,he was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for three terms,representing the 61st Assembly district from 1985 through 1990. He resigned from office after being implicated in a scandal involving several lawmakers receiving improper gifts from lobbyists. Subsequently,he was involved in several major real estate projects in southeast Wisconsin,but went bankrupt after the real estate bubble burst in 2008.
Fergus was born on January 27,1955,in Racine,Wisconsin. [1] He graduated from Washington Park High School and Carthage College. [2]
Fergus was first elected to the Assembly in 1984 and was re-elected in 1986 and 1988. In 1989,Fergus was one of about a dozen Wisconsin legislators caught up in a "John Doe" investigation of improper gifts from lobbyists. Fergus ultimately paid about $2,000 in fines. [3]
In May,1990,Fergus announced he would not seek re-election and would instead take a job as Vice President of the Wisconsin Realtors Association. [4]
A few years later he founded the Nexus Builders Group,a construction company,and moved into residential and commercial property development as President of the KeyBridge Development Group. [5] In 2008,Fergus went bankrupt pursuing two major residential development projects,Pointe Blue,on the Racine harbor,and First Place,a condo development in Milwaukee. [6]
Year | Election | Date | Elected | Defeated | Total | Plurality | ||||||
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1984 [7] | Primary | Sep. 11 | Scott C. Fergus | Democratic | 1,920 | 53.36% | Robert L. Turner | Dem. | 1,345 | 37.38% | 3,598 | 575 |
William M. Frank | Dem. | 333 | 9.26% | |||||||||
General | Nov. 6 | Scott C. Fergus | Democratic | 10,880 | 55.21% | Donald Walsh | Rep. | 8,827 | 44.79% | 19,707 | 2,053 | |
1986 [8] | General | Nov. 4 | Scott C. Fergus (inc) | Democratic | 7,575 | 58.88% | Norman T. Monson | Rep. | 5,291 | 41.12% | 12,866 | 2,284 |
1988 [9] | General | Nov. 8 | Scott C. Fergus (inc) | Democratic | 11,700 | 67.09% | Gwendolyn Wortock | Rep. | 5,738 | 32.91% | 17,438 | 5,962 |
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