North Dakota Governor Launches Presidential Campaign Promising "New Leadership for a Changing Economy"
- Former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum is expected to launch his Republican presidential campaign this week.
- Burgum's campaign style video suggests he will focus on the economy and energy.
- Burgum is considered a dark-horse contender in a field of expected 2024 GOP presidential candidates.
- Burgum references his upbringing in North Dakota and his experience as CEO of Great Plains Software, which he sold to Microsoft in 2001.
- Burgum, along with former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, will face an uphill battle in a field dominated by former President Trump.