The only bad thing about Berkley Beddel is, he's a Democrat.
Yes Berkley Beddel was a democrat, while Berkley was in Congress his son Tom ran a PAC in D.C. With both of them in D.C. the Berkley Company was struggling. The family decided that Tom return to Spirit Lake to take over Berkley.
I met Tom Beddell twice, he re-built Berkley to the company it is today. How he rebuilt Berkley was just absolutely remarkable. Berkley was privately owned by the Beddell family so when Tom said it was time to sell.
Jarad Corp (?) bought Berkley for a "Billion Dollars". Not bad...I'd say.