{{Short description|American politician (1943–2021)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bev Scalze | image = Bev Scalze at Northeast Minnesota Tour Day One (cropped).jpg | image_size = 175px | caption = Scalze in 2014 | state_senate = Minnesota | district = 42nd | term_start = January 8, 2013 | term_end = January 3, 2017 | preceded = ''Redrawn district'' | succeeded = Jason Isaacson | state_house2 = Minnesota | district2 = 54B | term_start2 = January 5, 2005 | term_end2 = January 7, 2013 | preceded2 = Carl Jacobson | succeeded2 = Jason Isaacson (District 42B) | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|27}} | birth_place = Baudette, Minnesota | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|06|23|1943|10|27}} | death_place = | alma_mater = College of Visual Arts<br />Century College | occupation = Small business owner }}
'''Beverly M. Scalze''' (October 27, 1943 – June 23, 2021) was an American politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 42 in the Senate, which included portions of Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
==Early life, education, and career== Scalze graduated from Lake of the Woods High School in Baudette. She later attended the College of Visual Arts in Saint Paul and Century College in White Bear Lake, receiving her A.D. and A.A. in art. She was a technician at 3M from 1962 to 1966, and was owner-artist of Scalze's from 1966 to 1996. She was the owner and operator of Hoffman Corner Heating and Air Conditioning in White Bear Lake, beginning in 1996.<ref name="votesmart1">{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38852 |title=Project Vote Smart - Representative Bev Scalze - Biography |publisher=Votesmart.org |date=October 27, 1943 |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref><ref name="state1">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12279 |title=Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Legislator Record - Scalze, Bev |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
Scalze was active in her local community and in state government for many years. From 1979 to 2002, she served as a member of the Little Canada City Council.<ref name=Obit /> Scalze was the founder and coordinator of the local Multi-Housing Safety Coalition from 1996 to 2002, a member of the board of trustees of the Suburban Area Chamber of Commerce from 1980 to 1989, president of the Ramsey County League of Local Governments from 1989 to 1990, and vice president of the Little Canada Parent-Teacher Association. She also served as a member of the Ramsey County Riverfront Facilities Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, as a member of the Minnesota Attorney General's Task Force on Pharmaceuticals, Medicare and Family Health and Task Force for Information Technology, and as a delegate to the Rush Line Corridor Task Force.<ref name="state1" /><ref name="votesmart1" />
==Minnesota Legislature== Scalze was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010. She was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and served on the Finance subcommittees for the Capital Investment Finance Division, of which she was vice chair, the Environment and Natural Resources Finance Division, and the Health Care and Human Services Finance Division, and on the State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Subcommittee for the Local Government Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=12279 |title=Bev Scalze (DFL) 54B - Minnesota House of Representatives |publisher=House.leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=July 20, 2010}}</ref>
In the 2012 Minnesota Senate election, Scalze ran for the seat for District 42 and defeated April King, receiving 55.57% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_focus/news/local/bev-scalze-takes-sd-42-seat/article_041976b4-b7a6-5039-84b0-19522b552a49.html |title=Bev Scalze takes SD 42 seat |date=November 7, 2012 |website=Hometown Source |access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> Scalze focused on clean water, infrastructure, and local government issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://docs.maplewoodmn.gov/WebLinkPublic/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=293249&page=1&cr=1 |title=Sen. Bev Scalze leaves legacy of clean water, art & improved infrastructure |website=Lillie News |access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> Scalze served as vice chair of the Senate Capital Investment Committee.<ref name=RunAgain>{{cite web |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/12/09/dfl-sen-scalze-wont-run-again-next-year |title=DFL Sen. Scalze won't run again next year |date=December 9, 2015 |last=Pugmire |first=Tim |website=KNOW-FM |access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> She did not seek re-election in 2016.<ref name=RunAgain />
==Personal life== In 1991, Scalze's painting of a brook trout won the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' annual Trout and Salmon Habitat Stamp Contest.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past winners - Fish & wildlife habitat stamp contests|url=https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/stamps/pastwinners.html|access-date=June 24, 2021|website=Minnesota Department of Natural Resources|language=en}}</ref>
Scalze died of cancer on June 23, 2021.<ref name=Obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2021/06/24/bev-scalze-former-state-lawmaker-and-little-canada-city-council-member-dies-at-77/|title=Bev Scalze, former state lawmaker and Little Canada city council member, dies at 77|first=Dave|last=Orrick|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=June 24, 2021|access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bev Scalze, former state lawmaker and Little Canada city council member, dies at 77|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bev-scalze-former-state-lawmaker-220700005.html|access-date=2021-06-30|website=finance.yahoo.com|date=June 24, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{MN-legdb|12279}} {{conglinks|votesmart=38852}} * [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=186 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Bev Scalze]
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