Sen. Bev Scalze, DFL-Little Canada, said Wednesday that she will not seek re-election in 2016. Scalze is serving her first-term in the Minnesota Senate, building upon her time in the MN House which began in 2004. Jason Isaacson, DFL-Little Canda, is running
for the seat currently held by Sen. Scalze. This opens Isaacson’s seat in the House, which was a closely contested race in the 2014 election, where Isaacson edged out small business owner Heidi Gunderson by just 800 votes. Scalze, a wildlife artist, was elected to the Little Canada City Council in 1978 and served for 24 years. She was elected to the Minnesota House in 2004 and served there for eight years. Scalze then won the Senate District 42 seat in 2012. She’s currently vice chair of the Senate Capital Investment Committee.
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