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wiki excerpt——Gov Burgum vetoed a bill to raise the state interstate speed limit to 80 mph.

During the 2023 legislative session, he signed a bill that exempts members of the North Dakota National Guard and reserve from paying income tax, and another that provides over $500 million in tax relief.

Burgum and other North Dakota officials have threatened to sue Minnesota over a law that would require the state’s electricity to come from sources that do not emit carbon dioxide.[54] Minnesota governor Tim Walz signed the bill on February 7, 2023.[55]

In an attempt to mitigate the shortage of schoolteachers,[56] Burgum announced the creation of a Teacher Retention and Recruitment task force that would consist of multiple members, Burgum, and the North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction.[57]

In October 2023, Burgum condemned Hamas’s attack on Israel and noted that 84 North Dakotans on a church tour were stranded in Bethlehem as the fighting began.[58] The group made it over the border to Jordan a few days later.[59]

Burgum was reported to have spent more money on advertisements than any other presidential candidate.[66]

Burgum was endorsed by North Dakota’s entire Congressional delegation, Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Representative Kelly Armstrong.[67][68] He was also endorsed by actor Josh Duhamel.[69]

Burgum expressed support for the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. His support derived from the belief that abortion restrictions should be left to states to decide. Burgum pledged that as president he would not sign a national abortion ban. He said the president should not focus on culture war issues. According to Politico, Burgum sought to play up his stance as a hawk toward China by speaking of a cold war with China.[70]

On July 10, 2023, Burgum began offering $20 gift cards for a donation of any amount to his primary campaign. A spokesman for Burgum acknowledged that this was an attempt to reach the threshold of individual donors required to participate in the first Republican primary debate.[71] The scheme was successful, and on July 25, Burgum qualified for the debate after also meeting the polling threshold.[72] Despite its success, the scheme was ridiculed on social media, with some users declaring that they had donated $1 to Burgum and $20 to Joe Biden’s reelection campaign.[73][74] Federal election officials have not said whether this and similar fundraising by other candidates is illegal.[75] Burgum also qualified for the second debate, held on September 27.[76] Burgum failed to qualify for the November 5 debate in Miami.[77]

On December 4, Burgum announced he was suspending his campaign, citing frustration with the RNC’s high threshold of donations and polling to qualify for debates.