State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | 96th |
Term Start: | January 10, 2001 |
Term End: | January 9, 2008 |
Predecessor: | Jo Ann Davis |
Successor: | Brenda Pogge |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Name: | Melanie Lynn Rapp |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1964 |
Birth Place: | Lake Worth, Florida, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Christopher Newport College Old Dominion University |
Spouse: | Timothy Bryan Beale |
Melanie Rapp Beale (born September 5, 1964) is a former Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates. While serving on the York County Board of Supervisors, Beale won a special election in 2000 to succeed Jo Ann Davis after her election to the United States House of Representatives.[1] She went on to be reelected three times, after which she accepted a job with Dominion Virginia Power.[2]
In 2019, Beale ran again for the House of Delegates in the 96th district.[3] She lost the Republican primary to former legislative staffer Amanda Batten.[4]