On the same day that former Vice President Mike Pence entered the 2024 presidential race, a lesser-known Republican also announced his candidacy. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum joined the growing 2024 Republican primary field to challenge former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination.
A North Dakota native who built Great Plains Software into a technology giant that was purchased by Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001, Burgum told a group of enthusiastic supporters in Fargo on June 7 that “we need a new leader for a changing economy. That’s why I’m announcing my run for president today.”
Burgum joins a list of Republican presidential hopefuls that include Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, conservative talk show host Larry Elder, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Pence….