Rick Berg
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's At-large district |
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In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Earl Pomeroy |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Cramer |
| Majority Leader of the North Dakota House of Representatives | |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Wesley Belter |
| Succeeded by | Al Carlson |
| Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 45th district |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Joe Heilman |
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Richard Alan Berg August 16, 1959 Maddock, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Tracy Martin |
| Alma mater |
North Dakota State College of Science North Dakota State University |
Richard Alan "Rick" Berg (born August 16, 1959) is an American politician who served as the U.S. Representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2013. Berg served on the House Ways and Means Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before his election to Congress in 2010, he served in the state House of Representatives, with stints as Majority Leader and Speaker. On May 16, 2011, Berg announced his run for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Democratic incumbent Kent Conrad but lost narrowly to Heidi Heitkamp on November 6, 2012.
Berg was born in Maddock and raised on a farm in Hettinger. His father was a large animal veterinarian and his mother was a writer. His grandfather immigrated to the United States from Norway.
Berg graduated from Hettinger High School. He earned a wrestling scholarship to the North Dakota State College of Science. He attended for a year before transferring to North Dakota State University, where he graduated with a B.A. in Agricultural Economics.
In 1982, after college he co-founded Midwest Management Company (which became Goldmark Property Management in 1994), a real-estate management firm in Fargo. In 1987 he moved on to an affiliate commercial real estate company spun off from Midwest. In 1996 along with other early partners in Midwest he founded Goldmark Commercial Corporation which has since been renamed to Goldmark Schlossman Commercial Real Estate.
Berg was the 13th wealthiest member of Congress.
Berg first ran for the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1984 in the 10th House District, based in Fargo. He won and was re-elected every four years after, until his congressional run in 2010.
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