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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Public officials and candidates

Mark Nelson

County Council, Seat E, Wasatch County

Official portrait of Mark Nelson from wasatchcounty.gov
Official portrait via wasatchcounty.gov. Photo: wasatchcounty.gov official page (photographer uncredited) · Copyright retained by rights holder · wasatchcounty.gov official page

Summit & Wasatch

Office held

County Council, Seat EWasatch County
Term ends 2028
Source

Background

Mark Nelson’s professional work has spanned tourism, business development and heritage-rail operations. Heber Valley Tourism and Economic Development’s 2014 annual report listed him as a business-development specialist, and its 2025 report identified him as board chair representing Wasatch County. A 2024 railroad press release identified him as executive director of Heber Valley Railroad, which operates historic train excursions. In a 2020 interview, Nelson described bringing customer-service and marketing experience into the railroad business.

Source: Heber Valley Tourism and Economic Development, 2014 annual report, page 3 (official organization annual report) · Background checked October 22, 2026

In the news

Sources

  1. Wasatch County Council Office, Members
  2. Heber Valley Tourism and Economic Development, 2014 annual report, page 3 (official organization annual report)
  3. Heber Valley Tourism and Economic Development, 2025 annual report (official organization annual report)
  4. Heber Valley Railroad, anniversary press release, September 12, 2024 (railroad press release on tourism organization site)
  5. Heber Valley Life, railroad interview, February 28, 2020 (attributed first-person interview)

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