10 Facts About Beverly Masek

Beverly L "Bev" Masek was born on September 30,1963 and is an Alaska Native and an American former dog sled racer, and businesswoman.

Beverly Masek was a Republican politician who served in the state legislature for several terms.

Beverly Masek attended local schools, graduating from Anvik High School.

Beverly Masek was active in dog sled racing from the early 1980s to the early 1990s, competing five times in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Beverly Masek finished the race four times, including as 21st in 1991 and 23rd the next year.

Beverly Masek won an open seat in an election year in which, in the other legislative contests in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Democratic incumbents lost to their Republican challengers.

Beverly Masek was in the hallway when a key budget vote was cast on the House floor in 2002.

Beverly Masek was notable as an Alaska Native lawmaker who was opposed to a state constitutional amendment to grant priority to rural subsistence.

In 2009, Beverly Masek pleaded guilty in the Alaska political corruption probe which was a wide-ranging investigation into bribery in the state legislature stemming from the VECO Corporation, an oil servicing company.

Beverly Masek was sentenced to six months in prison with three years probation.