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Doug Burgum
Doug Burgum, born in 1956 in Arthur, North Dakota, is an American Republican, a software entrepreneur who was Governor of North Dakota from 2016 to 2024 and has been US Secretary of the Interior since 2025.
- Born
- 1956 (70 years), Arthur
- Party
- Republican Party
- Office
- United States Secretary of the Interior 2025–
- Education
- North Dakota State University, Stanford University
Right · Where sources place the party (Republican Party)
Placed with the Republican Party; Wikipedia gives no separate placing
Ideology: conservatism, energy independence
<1%Probability · Presidential Election Winner 2028
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He ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He is named in the market on the winner of the 2028 US presidential election.
Career
Burgum took an MBA at Stanford in 1980, co-founded Great Plains Software in 1983 and sold it to Microsoft in 2001 for $1.1 billion. In 2008 he co-founded the venture firm Arthur Ventures. He was Governor of North Dakota from 2016 to 2024. He launched a presidential campaign in June 2023 and suspended it on 4 December 2023. The Senate confirmed him as Secretary of the Interior on 30 January 2025 by 79 votes to 18.
- United States Secretary of the Interior 2025–
- Governor of North Dakota 2016–2024
Positions
Wikipedia describes him as a supporter of the Dakota Access Pipeline and of energy independence, and as an advocate of carbon capture. As Interior Secretary he has prioritised fossil-fuel expansion, halted offshore wind projects and reopened coal facilities. In 2023 he signed a near-total abortion ban in North Dakota, and the NRA gave him an A grade.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia
Photo: United States Department of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
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Presidential Election Winner 2028
| Outcome | Left – Right | Age | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| JD Vance | 20% | ||
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Left | 36 | 13% |
| Jon Ossoff | Centre-left | 39 | 10% |
| Gavin Newsom | Centre-left | 58 | 8% |
| Marco Rubio | Right | 55 | 6% |
| Kamala Harris | 4% | ||
| Josh Shapiro | Centre-left | 53 | 3% |
| Ron DeSantis | Right | 48 | 3% |
| Pete Buttigieg | Centre-left | 44 | 3% |
| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson | 54 | 2% | |
| Tucker Carlson | Right | 57 | 2% |
| Doug Burgum | Right | 70 | <1% |