"North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum Launches 2024 Presidential Campaign"
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has announced his presidential campaign, emphasizing small-town values and the economy as his top priority. Burgum, who has a conservative record, signed legislation banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and blocking transgender women and girls from competing in sports. However, he vetoed a law that would prevent educators from calling transgender students by their preferred pronouns. Burgum endorsed former President Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 but will now face off against him and others in the crowded Republican field.