House 2005-2012 (District 54B); Senate 2013-2016 (District 42)
Party when first elected: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Counties Served:
Ramsey
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
10/27/1943
Birth Place:
Baudette, Minnesota
Birth County:
Lake of the Woods
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
6/23/2021
Gender:
Female
Religion:
Christian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
Bev
City of Residence (when first elected):
Little Canada
Occupation (when first elected):
Family Business Owner and Operator; Heating and Air Conditioning Company, White Bear Lake
EDUCATION
Lake of the Woods High School; Secondary;
Century College; A.A.; Elective Studies: Art
College of Visual Arts; A.D.; Art
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Attorney General's Task Forces on Pharmaceuticals, Medicare, and Family Health;
[Dates Unknown]
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Little Canada, Minnesota (City Council);
1979 to 2002
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Bob
Children:
Two children
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Special Legislative Concerns: infrastructure and transportation in northeastern suburban communities.
"Scalze co-authored the 2008 Legacy Amendment that funds the outdoors, arts and cultural heritage, and she worked on numerous public infrastructure bills." (Pioneer Press obituary)
She ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party endorsed candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 2002 election.
She won the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Minnesota Trout and Salmon Habitat Stamp Contest in 1991.
Religion provided by the Natural Resources Defense Council's State Directories 2005 and Politics in Minnesota the Directory, 2005-2006.