Doug Burgum has at least a couple of things going for him: He is a sitting governor, which is the most common steppingstone to the United States presidency, and he has deep pockets.
But Mr. Burgum, the two-term Republican governor of North Dakota, nonetheless entered the 2024 presidential race on Wednesday with a notable disadvantage: The 99.8 percent of Americans who don’t live in North Dakota are unlikely to know much about him.
Here are five things to know about Mr. Burgum.
When Mr. Burgum began running for governor in January 2016, few people in North Dakota knew who he was either.
A poll conducted the next month found him running 49 percentage points behind the state attorney general Wayne Stenehjem, who was the chosen candidate of the North Dakota Republican Party, the departing governor Jack Dalrymple and Senator John Hoeven.
Persons:
Doug Burgum, Burgum, Wayne Stenehjem, Jack Dalrymple, John Hoeven
Organizations:
North Dakota Republican Party
Locations:
North Dakota