Beverly Masek

Beverly L. "Bev" Masek (née Jerue, born September 30, 1963) is an American politician and businesswoman.

Career

Beverly Jerue was born in Anvik, Alaska and graduated from Anvik High School. "Bev" Masek owned a racing dog kennel, a lodge, and was a bookkeeper. She was active in dog sled racing from the early 1980s to the early 1990s, competing numerous times in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and finishing the race four times. She served in the Alaska House of Representatives as a Republican 1995-2005.[1][2] Masek won an open seat in an election year where the remaining legislative contests in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley all saw Democratic incumbents lose to their Republican challengers, including Jalmar M. Kerttula, who lost his Senate seat to Lyda Green. Kerttula was the all-time longest-serving member of the Alaska Legislature at 32 years. In 2009, she pleaded guilty in the Alaska political corruption probe[3] and was sentenced to six months in prison with three years probation.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Alaska 1998 Official Election Pamphlet-Beverly L. Masek
  2. ↑ Votesmart.org-Beverly Masek
  3. ↑ Masek pleads guilty to conspiracy, awaits sentencing
  4. ↑ 'Judge shows leniency in Masek corruption case', Anchorage Daily News, Richard Mauer, 24 September 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

External links