Trump's team believes Burgum could attract moderate voters.
Former President Trump listens as North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, speaks during a Nevada Republican caucus night watch party in February. Photo: Ian Maule/Bloomberg's list of possible vice presidential picks because Trump's team believes he would be a safe choice who could attract moderate voters, four people familiar with the situation tell Axios.
Those are similar to the traits Trump cited in 2016, when he tapped Mike Pence to be his running mate. At the time, Pence was Indiana's governor.Their relationship famously soured when Pence resisted Trump's call for the vice president to reject electoral ballots from several states DemocratBurgum, 67, in his second term in deeply red North Dakota, is staunchly conservative businessman and is widely viewed as acceptable to establishment Republicans — a safe choice to put on the ticket.
They share one personal touch point, which the sources said occasionally comes up in conversation between Trump and Burgum: Kathryn Burgum isBurgum quietly has been campaigning for Trump and making appearances on conservative and mainstream TV networks. Burgum also was a keynote speaker at a Virginia GOP Dinner in April, and was in Nevada ahead of the state's February caucus, urging Trump supporters to turn out to vote.Shortly after Burgum dropped out of the race for president in December, Trump hinted that he planned to tap Burgum for a significant role in his administration if he were to win the election.
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