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David Berg
David Berg ran for election to the Salt Lake City Council to represent District 3 in Utah. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Biography
David Berg was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His career experience includes working as a healthcare worker.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2025)
General election
General election for Salt Lake City Council District 3
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chris Wharton in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 4,990 |
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Berg in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2021)
General election
General election for Salt Lake City Council District 3
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chris Wharton in round 1 .
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Total votes: 6,053 |
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2021
David Berg completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Berg's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Since 2000, David has advocated for Ranked Choice Voting and is excited to see RCV used in SLC this November! He is fighting for clean air and water, and to stop the polluting port on SLC's west side. With the coalition working to establish a downtown theater district, David’s working to restore the SLC citizen owned Historic Utah Pantages Theater and keep it from being given to a developer in a questionable $0 sale, to be demolished for luxury condos. On the SLC Council, David will continue to fight for LGBTQ+ rights, parks, the environment, affordable housing, historic preservation, arts, accountability in politics, and a more informed and engaged electorate.
David is currently a frontline healthcare worker helping our unhoused population daily. He is engaged, listening to the needs of our city, and will utilize his lifelong experience and passion for justice to bring innovative people-powered ideas to the Salt Lake City Council.- Stop the polluting port! Salt Lake City has some of the worst air in the world and the proposed polluting port threatens to make things worse. On the SLC Council I'll continue my steadfast opposition to the port and fight for clean air and water.
- We need to better address the roots of homelessness by providing increased support of mental health and addiction services, access to healthcare and truly affordable housing. SLC currently bases housing affordability on AMI - Area Median Income which is reflective of our income inequality and is now between $65,000 and $92,000. We need to instead base affordability on the federal poverty level and the actual wages of those caught up in our housing crisis.
- For far too long our elected officials have put the greed of developers, corporations and monied interests ahead of the wellbeing of our community. It's time that changes.
- Stop the polluting port
- Save the Historic Pantages Theater
-Fight for LGBTQ+ rights
- Protecting parks and the environment
- Real affordable housing
- Historic preservation and investing in arts
- Addressing the roots of homelessness
- Accountability and transparency
Film: (Harvey Milk Biography) Milk by director Dustin Lance Black
Much of the cash flowing to developers is touted as building affordable housing, most of which is actually affordable in name only. Currently the RDA measures affordability by AMI - Area Median Income, which is an obscure reflection of our income inequality and is currently $65,000 to $92,000, far greater than the incomes of those caught in our housing crunch, whose incomes are more closely aligned with the Federal Poverty level which is, currently $12,880 for a single person and $26,500 for a family of 4. Using AMI as a standard of affordability results in most so called affordable units being priced at or near market rate. Generally standards of affordability across our country are tied to the FPL and for Salt Lake City to use an inflated AMI standard instead is a disservice and injustice to our most vulnerable residents, This AMI based "affordability" shell game must stop now.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 4, 2021
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