North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announces 2024 presidential bid with focus on economy and Armed Forces

Washington.- North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a Republican. He presented himself this Wednesday as a candidate to his party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential elections.

Burgum officially launched his candidacy at an event in Fargoin that state, shortly after filing the documents with the Federal Election Commission.

In an opinion article, published in the last hours in The Wall Street Journal, Burgum anticipated that the economy will be his main priority.

“ The economy must be our top priority. We must put inflation under control, cut taxes, lower gas prices and lower the cost of living,” Burgum said in the text.

He also advocated “rebuild” the Armed Forces and restore the position of strength of the United States to win the “cold war” with China.

Today, America’s facing new challenges, and how we respond will define our future. We need a new leader for our changing economy.

As Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum has cut red tape, balanced the budget, and passed the largest tax cuts in state history – and now he’s ready… pic.twitter.com/0HK5WRTft2

— Doug Burgum (@DougBurgum) June 7, 2023

At his rally this Wednesday, Burgum talked about economy and noted that the world is changing rapidly. “How we respond will define our future,” she warned.

“ Technology is changing every job, every company, every industry… And this change will be faster than ever. We need new leadership for a changing economy, we need a leader who understands the real work Americans do every day,” he said.

Relatively unknown nationally, Burgum has implemented conservative policies in her state: she recently signed legislation banning abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy, no exceptions for rape and incest, and barring transgender women and girls from participating in sports competitions.

Still, he vetoed a law that would have prevented teachers from calling students students trans with the pronouns you want.

On the other hand, he set a goal for his state to be “carbon neutral” by 2030.

In the past, Burgum worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and later founded Great Plains Software, a technology company that was later acquired by Microsoft for $1.1 billion, and became a senior vice president of the Microsoft Business Solutions Group, the company that grew out of the merger.

Your story could be an example of the dream americanosince when he was studying at the University of Dakota, Burgum started a chimney cleaning service in Fargo, with a friend’s van, and caught the attention of the local press, which published stories about the young man, recalls The New York on Wednesday Times.

Burgum attached those newspaper clippings to his applications to Stanford Business School.

During his speech this Wednesday, the governor mentioned his past as an entrepreneur of which he is proud.

It’s a packed house here in downtown Fargo waiting for @DougBurgum to hit the stage and announce his run for the 2024 presidential race. pic.twitter.com/HPJBcIgsx5

— Bailey Hurley (@BaileyHurleyVNL) June 7, 2023

You are a city the second governor to run for the Republican nomination after Ron DeSantis from Florida, and joins a large group of conservatives who have taken a step forward.

This Wednesday the former vice president will also officially launch his campaign in Iowa with a rally Mike Pence (2017-2021).

They have also announced that they are presenting the former president Donald Trump (20217-2021); former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley; the former governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson; former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie and the senator from South Carolina Tim Scott.

Along with them, businessmen have presented their candidacy Vivek Ramaswamy, Ryan Binkley y Perry Johnson, besides the announcer Larry Elder.

Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND): “I am officially announcing I’m running for the president of the United States of America.” pic.twitter.com/4SGRUf4dpr

— The Recount (@therecount) June 7, 2023