The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Doug Burgum will announce his campaign at an event on June 7 in Fargo.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is reported to be next GOP figure to throw their hat into the ring as a Republican presidential candidate.reported Friday that the 66-year-old former software entrepreneur will announce his campaign at an event on June 7 in Fargo. It was in Fargo that Burgum started and built up his firm Great Plains Software, which he sold to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001.
Thesaid Fargo had been picked “because it is close to his tiny hometown of Arthur and would underscore small-town and economic themes he would emphasize in a campaign.” Burgum, who has little national profile, will be joining an increasingly crowded field—albeit one with a clear frontrunner in Donald Trump.
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