FILE - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the spin room after a presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Atlanta, June 27, 2024. FILE - Republican presidential candidate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a fundraising event for Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, Aug. 6, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. FILE - State legislators and officials watch April 26, 2019 as Gov.
Burgum, through a spokesman, declined an interview request for this story. He told The Bismarck Tribune after the 2023 session — Burgum’s last regular legislative session as governor — that with Republicans holding enough seats in the state Legislature to override his vetoes, he had to “pick his spots.” He also bemoaned the time and energy spent on social issues as “a missed opportunity.”
When he launched his 2016 bid for governor, Burgum’s announcement — like other speeches he gives — felt like a TED Talk, complete with a slideshow and lacking a lectern. Burgum ran on a vision of “reinventing” government as the state faced a $1 billion revenue shortfall that drained reserves. He defeated North Dakota’s longtime attorney general in the GOP primary, a major upset.
He’s touted a data-driven approach to problems and frequently talks about “innovation over regulation.”the controversial project long opposed by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Sanford said Burgum displayed courage and listening amid the controversy, inviting the tribal chairman to his office, and hosting a listening session on the tribe’s reservation.he announced the display of tribal flags near the entrance to the governor’s state Capitol office, a legislative push for years.
In 2023, Burgum also signed one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. The bill largely revised or reorganized North Dakota’s myriad abortion laws after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. North Dakota’s ban outlaws abortion with few exceptions: in cases of rape or incest up to six weeks gestation, or to prevent the death of or “a serious health risk” to the mother.
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