Alex Shrub

Background

Alex Shrub is a right-wing congressman with big ambitions. Publicly a family man, he is a regular client of the actress Candy Suxxx.

Shrub cultivates a conservative family image and campaigns on moral issues, even as he spends his evenings with escorts.

Events of GTA Vice City

• In Martha's Mug Shot, Shrub is campaigning to restrict the adult film industry, which threatens Tommy Vercetti's studio, InterGlobal Films. Tommy follows Candy to a penthouse in Vice Point and photographs Shrub in an embarrassing outfit from a hotel across the street.
• Shrub's guards and the FBI chase Tommy, who escapes with the pictures for blackmail.

Personality

Shrub is hypocritical and power-hungry.

He will do or say anything for votes and treats his public image as his most important asset, which makes him an easy target for blackmail.

Relationships

• Candy Suxxx: his secret companion.
• Tommy Vercetti: the studio owner who photographs him for blackmail.
• Steve Scott: the director whose film Shrub's campaign threatens.

Trivia

• He is a guest at Colonel Cortez's yacht party.
• His guards call in the FBI as Tommy escapes with the camera in Martha's Mug Shot.