[2] During an Ethics Investigation for "improper conduct" stemming from a public incident of domestic violence, Budgaard abruptly resigned.

[3] Scott Bundgaard was born in Oklahoma City, OK, while his parents were moving to Phoenix, Arizona from Omaha, Nebraska.

[10] He ran unsuccessfully in 2002 for the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives in Arizona's second congressional district, receiving only 16.1% of the vote among a field of seven candidates.

On the evening of February 25, 2011 police responded to a call regarding a man, later identified as Bundgaard, pulling a woman out of a car in Phoenix Arizona.

Police who responded to the call said Bundgaard was not arrested because he claimed he had immunity while the Arizona legislature was in session.

On August 16, 2011, after lengthy negotiations between both the Senator's attorneys and prosecutors, he pleaded guilty, no contest, to a misdemeanor, attended domestic violence counseling and was ordered to pay his victim $1,336 in criminal retribution.

He was charged with reckless endangerment, pled guilty to a misdemeanor, attended domestic violence counseling and paid $1,336 retribution.

][26] Bundgaard was tasked by Governor Jane Hull to lead a committee to dissolve a controversial alternative fuels program that cost the Arizona taxpayers over $100 million.

[31] In 2006, he was married in a covenant marriage but his wife had to call the police during the honeymoon, because she wanted to return home to her parents.

In March 2014, Bundgaard requested the lawsuit be dismissed without a judgement, and ultimately received nothing from the City of Phoenix.