Confirmation process for Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior
President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) as his nominee for secretary of the interior on November 14, 2024.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a confirmation hearing for Burgum on January 16, 2025.[1] The Senate voted 80-17 to confirm Burgum on January 30, 2025.[2] Click here to read more about the confirmation process.
Trump said of Burgum's nomination, "Doug Burgum will protect our Nation's Natural Resources, restore our fabulous Oil and Gas advantage, and Make America, and its Energy, Dominant and Great Again!"[3]
This page includes the following information about the confirmation process:
- Confirmation vote roll call
- Senate confirmation hearing
- Financial disclosures
- About the nominee
- About the confirmation process
- Other Trump Cabinet nominees
- Historical comparison of Cabinet confirmations
Confirmation process
Confirmation vote roll call
The Senate voted 80-17 to confirm Burgum on January 30, 2025.[4]
The following Democrats and independents who caucus with Democrats voted against his nomination:
- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.)
- Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.)
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
- Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
- Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.)
- Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
- Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
- Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
- Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
- Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.)
- Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
- Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
- Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
- Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
- Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Senate vote on Doug Burgum's nomination for secretary of the interior (January 30, 2025) | |||
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Angela Alsobrooks | ![]() |
Maryland | Yea |
Tammy Baldwin | ![]() |
Wisconsin | Yea |
Jim Banks | ![]() |
Indiana | Yea |
John Barrasso | ![]() |
Wyoming | Yea |
Michael F. Bennet | ![]() |
Colorado | Yea |
Marsha Blackburn | ![]() |
Tennessee | Yea |
Richard Blumenthal | ![]() |
Connecticut | Yea |
Lisa Blunt Rochester | ![]() |
Delaware | Nay |
Cory Booker | ![]() |
New Jersey | Not Voting |
John Boozman | ![]() |
Arkansas | Yea |
Katie Britt | ![]() |
Alabama | Yea |
Ted Budd | ![]() |
North Carolina | Yea |
Maria Cantwell | ![]() |
Washington | Yea |
Shelley Moore Capito | ![]() |
West Virginia | Yea |
Bill Cassidy | ![]() |
Louisiana | Yea |
Susan Collins | ![]() |
Maine | Yea |
Chris Coons | ![]() |
Delaware | Nay |
John Cornyn | ![]() |
Texas | Yea |
Catherine Cortez Masto | ![]() |
Nevada | Yea |
Tom Cotton | ![]() |
Arkansas | Yea |
Kevin Cramer | ![]() |
North Dakota | Yea |
Mike Crapo | ![]() |
Idaho | Yea |
Ted Cruz | ![]() |
Texas | Yea |
John Curtis | ![]() |
Utah | Yea |
Steve Daines | ![]() |
Montana | Yea |
Tammy Duckworth | ![]() |
Illinois | Nay |
Dick Durbin | ![]() |
Illinois | Yea |
Joni Ernst | ![]() |
Iowa | Yea |
John Fetterman | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | Not Voting |
Deb Fischer | ![]() |
Nebraska | Yea |
Ruben Gallego | ![]() |
Arizona | Yea |
Kirsten Gillibrand | ![]() |
New York | Yea |
Lindsey Graham | ![]() |
South Carolina | Yea |
Chuck Grassley | ![]() |
Iowa | Yea |
Bill Hagerty | ![]() |
Tennessee | Yea |
Maggie Hassan | ![]() |
New Hampshire | Yea |
Josh Hawley | ![]() |
Missouri | Yea |
Martin Heinrich | ![]() |
New Mexico | Yea |
John Hickenlooper | ![]() |
Colorado | Yea |
Mazie Hirono | ![]() |
Hawaii | Nay |
John Hoeven | ![]() |
North Dakota | Yea |
Jon Husted | ![]() |
Ohio | Yea |
Cindy Hyde-Smith | ![]() |
Mississippi | Yea |
Ron Johnson | ![]() |
Wisconsin | Yea |
Jim Justice | ![]() |
West Virginia | Yea |
Tim Kaine | ![]() |
Virginia | Yea |
Mark Kelly | ![]() |
Arizona | Yea |
John Kennedy | ![]() |
Louisiana | Yea |
Andy Kim | ![]() |
New Jersey | Nay |
Angus King | ![]() |
Maine | Yea |
Amy Klobuchar | ![]() |
Minnesota | Yea |
James Lankford | ![]() |
Oklahoma | Yea |
Mike Lee | ![]() |
Utah | Yea |
Ben Ray Luján | ![]() |
New Mexico | Yea |
Cynthia Lummis | ![]() |
Wyoming | Yea |
Ed Markey | ![]() |
Massachusetts | Nay |
Roger Marshall | ![]() |
Kansas | Yea |
Mitch McConnell | ![]() |
Kentucky | Yea |
David McCormick | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | Yea |
Jeff Merkley | ![]() |
Oregon | Nay |
Ashley B. Moody | ![]() |
Florida | Yea |
Jerry Moran | ![]() |
Kansas | Yea |
Bernie Moreno | ![]() |
Ohio | Yea |
Markwayne Mullin | ![]() |
Oklahoma | Yea |
Lisa Murkowski | ![]() |
Alaska | Yea |
Chris Murphy | ![]() |
Connecticut | Nay |
Patty Murray | ![]() |
Washington | Nay |
Jon Ossoff | ![]() |
Georgia | Not Voting |
Alex Padilla | ![]() |
California | Yea |
Rand Paul | ![]() |
Kentucky | Yea |
Gary Peters | ![]() |
Michigan | Nay |
Jack Reed | ![]() |
Rhode Island | Nay |
Pete Ricketts | ![]() |
Nebraska | Yea |
James E. Risch | ![]() |
Idaho | Yea |
Jacky Rosen | ![]() |
Nevada | Yea |
Mike Rounds | ![]() |
South Dakota | Yea |
Bernie Sanders | ![]() |
Vermont | Nay |
Brian Schatz | ![]() |
Hawaii | Yea |
Adam Schiff | ![]() |
California | Nay |
Eric Schmitt | ![]() |
Missouri | Yea |
Chuck Schumer | ![]() |
New York | Nay |
Rick Scott | ![]() |
Florida | Yea |
Tim Scott | ![]() |
South Carolina | Yea |
Jeanne Shaheen | ![]() |
New Hampshire | Yea |
Tim Sheehy | ![]() |
Montana | Yea |
Elissa Slotkin | ![]() |
Michigan | Yea |
Tina Smith | ![]() |
Minnesota | Yea |
Dan Sullivan | ![]() |
Alaska | Yea |
John Thune | ![]() |
South Dakota | Yea |
Thom Tillis | ![]() |
North Carolina | Yea |
Tommy Tuberville | ![]() |
Alabama | Yea |
Chris Van Hollen | ![]() |
Maryland | Nay |
Mark R. Warner | ![]() |
Virginia | Yea |
Raphael Warnock | ![]() |
Georgia | Yea |
Elizabeth Warren | ![]() |
Massachusetts | Nay |
Peter Welch | ![]() |
Vermont | Yea |
Sheldon Whitehouse | ![]() |
Rhode Island | Yea |
Roger Wicker | ![]() |
Mississippi | Yea |
Ron Wyden | ![]() |
Oregon | Nay |
Todd Young | ![]() |
Indiana | Yea |
Senate confirmation hearing
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a confirmation hearing for Burgum on January 16, 2025.[5]
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Financial disclosures
The Office of Government Ethics released Burgum's financial disclosures in January 2025. Click here to review them.
About the nominee
Doug Burgum (Republican Party) was the 33rd governor of North Dakota. He assumed office on December 15, 2016. His term ended on December 15, 2024. He was elected to a second term in the general election on November 3, 2020, on a joint ticket with Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford (R).
Burgum was born on August 1, 1956, in Arthur, North Dakota. He received a bachelor's degree from North Dakota State University in 1978 and an MBA from Stanford University in 1980. After graduating from business school, Burgum worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company from 1980 to 1983.
He founded Great Plains Software, which was acquired by Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001.[6][7] He then worked at Microsoft as a senior vice president from 2001 to 2007, and served on several boards before being elected governor, including Atlassian, and Intelligent InSites.[8] Burgum was also a founder of Arthur Ventures, a venture capital firm, and Kilborne Group, a real estate development firm.[9][10] As of September 2022, Burgum's net worth was more than $1 billion and he was among the wealthiest governors in the country.[11]
Burgum first ran for office in 2016 when he ran for and won election for Governor of North Dakota. The state's Republican Party endorsed another candidate in the race, but Burgum won the primary by more than 20% of the vote. He went on to win the general election with 76.5% of the vote. During the 2016 campaign, Burgum said: "I am running as a moderate on social issues and as a fiscal conservative in a state that is socially conservative but has seen government spending rise more rapidly than even our fast-growing economy."[12] He won re-election on November 3, 2020, with 65.8% of the vote after advancing from the Republican primary with 89.5% of the vote. On January 22, 2024, Burgum announced that he would not be running for re-election.[13]
As governor, Burgum signed into law a tax reform package that cut overall taxes by $515 million and restructured the state's personal income tax, collapsing the tax brackets from five to three, and lowering the rate on the highest bracket from 2.9% to 2.5%.[14][15] He also announced a goal to make the North Dakota economy carbon neutral by 2030 without transitioning away from fossil fuels, which are a major industry in the state, saying the state would rely on large-scale innovation and carbon capture, and would achieve the goal "with zero mandates, zero regulations."[16][17]
He also signed into law an abortion ban that prohibited abortions throughout a pregnancy with limited exceptions up to six weeks for rape, incest, and some medical emergencies. After six weeks, rape and incest victims were prohibited from getting an abortion and only abortions to treat certain medical emergencies were allowed.[18] He vetoed several measures related to LGBTQ issues, including a 2021 bill that would have restricted transgender students from participating in some school sports, and a 2023 bill that would have prohibited teachers from using pronouns for students other than those associated with their sex as assigned at birth.[19][20] In 2023, he signed a bill similar to the 2021 legislation, restricting transgender participation in K-12 sports, that passed the legislature with a veto-proof majority.[21]
Burgum ran in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. He declared his candidacy on June 7, 2023.[22] About his candidacy, Burgum said: "we need a leader who's clearly focused on three things; economy, energy and national security and that is why today I am officially announcing I am running for president of the United States of America."[23] Burgum withdrew from the race on December 4, 2023, and endorsed former President Donald Trump (R) one month later.[24][25] Click here to read more about his presidential campaign. Burgum was among a small group of finalists being considered for the vice presidency by the Trump campaign.[26][27][28]
About the confirmation process
- See also: Appointment confirmation process
The confirmation process includes several rounds of investigation and review, beginning with the submission of a personal financial disclosure report and a background check. The nominee is then evaluated in a committee hearing, which allows for a close examination of the nominee and his or her views on public policy. Supporters and opponents of the nominee may also testify.[29]
Once committee hearings are closed, most committees have a set amount of time before a vote is taken on whether the nominee is reported to the Senate favorably, unfavorably, or without recommendation. The nomination will then go to the Senate floor for consideration. Once the nomination is considered by the Senate, unlimited debate is allowed until a majority of the Senate votes to invoke cloture and close debate. Following a vote of cloture, the Senate conducts a simple majority vote on whether to confirm, reject, or take no action on the nomination.[30]
About the Cabinet
A presidential Cabinet is a group of senior federal officials who advise the president on the issues and activities of their respective agencies. The Cabinet tradition is rooted in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which states that the president "may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices."[31]
While not explicitly identified in the Constitution, the Cabinet secretaries are the 15 agency heads who are in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also part of the Cabinet. These positions, in order of presidential succession, are:
- Vice President
- Secretary of State
- Secretary of the Treasury
- Secretary of Defense
- Attorney General
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
- Secretary of Labor
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation
- Secretary of Energy
- Secretary of Education
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Homeland Security
The number of officials in a Cabinet can vary across presidential administrations. The following additional positions are part of Trump's second term presidential Cabinet:
- White House chief of staff
- Ambassador to the United Nations
- Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Director of the Office of Management and Budget
- U.S. trade representative
- Director of National Intelligence
- Administrator of the Small Business Administration
- Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
All of the positions above, except for Vice President and White House Chief of Staff, require Senate confirmation.
Other Trump Cabinet nominees
- See also: Donald Trump's Cabinet, 2025 and Confirmation process for Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees, 2025
The following table provides an overview of the status, confirmation hearings, and committee and Senate votes for each of Trump's Cabinet and Cabinet-rank nominees in his second term.
Overview of confirmation process for Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees in his second term | |||||||
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Nominee | Position | Announced | Senate committee | Confirmation hearing | Committee vote | Senate vote | Status |
Marco Rubio | Secretary of State | November 13, 2024 | Foreign Relations | January 15, 2025 | Favorable (22-0) | 99-0 | Confirmed on January 20, 2025 |
Scott Bessent | Secretary of the Treasury | November 22, 2024 | Finance | January 16, 2025 | Favorable (16-11) | 68-29 | Confirmed on January 27, 2025 |
Pete Hegseth | Secretary of Defense | November 12, 2024 | Armed Services | January 14, 2025 | Favorable (14-13) | 51-50 | Confirmed on January 24, 2025 |
Matt Gaetz | Attorney General | November 13, 2024 | Judiciary | N/A | N/A | N/A | Withdrawn on November 21, 2024 |
Pam Bondi | Attorney General | November 21, 2024 | Judiciary | January 15-16, 2025 | Favorable (12-10) | 54-46 | Confirmed on February 4, 2025 |
Doug Burgum | Secretary of the Interior | November 14, 2024 | Energy and Natural Resources | January 16, 2025 | Favorable (18-2) | 80-17 | Confirmed on January 30, 2025 |
Brooke Rollins | Secretary of Agriculture | November 23, 2024 | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry | January 23, 2025 | Favorable (23-0) | 72-28 | Confirmed on February 13, 2025 |
Howard Lutnick | Secretary of Commerce | November 19, 2024 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | January 29, 2025 | Favorable (16-12) | 51-45 | Confirmed on February 18, 2025 |
Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Secretary of Labor | November 22, 2024 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | February 19, 2025 | Favorable (13-9) | 67-32 | Confirmed on March 10, 2025 |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Secretary of Health and Human Services | November 14, 2024 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions / Finance |
January 30, 2025 / January 29, 2025 | N/A / Favorable (14-13) | 52-48 | Confirmed on February 13, 2025 |
Scott Turner | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | November 22, 2024 | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs | January 16, 2025 | Favorable (13-11) | 55-44 | Confirmed on February 5, 2025 |
Sean Duffy | Secretary of Transportation | November 18, 2024 | Commerce, Science, and Transportation | January 15, 2025 | Favorable (28-0) | 77-22 | Confirmed on January 28, 2025 |
Chris Wright | Secretary of Energy | November 16, 2024 | Energy and Natural Resources | January 15, 2025 | Favorable (15-5) | 59-38 | Confirmed on February 3, 2025 |
Linda McMahon | Secretary of Education | November 19, 2024 | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | February 13, 2025 | Favorable (12-11) | 51-45 | Confirmed on March 3, 2025 |
Doug Collins | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | November 14, 2024 | Veterans' Affairs | January 21, 2025 | Favorable (18-1) | 77-23 | Confirmed on February 4, 2025 |
Kristi Noem | Secretary of Homeland Security | November 12, 2024 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs | January 17, 2025 | Favorable (13-2) | 59-34 | Confirmed on January 25, 2025 |
Jamieson Greer | U.S. Trade Representative | November 26, 2024 | Finance | February 6, 2025 | Favorable (15-12) | 56-43 | Confirmed on February 26, 2025 |
Tulsi Gabbard | Director of National Intelligence | November 13, 2024 | Intelligence (Select) | January 30, 2025 | Favorable (9-8) | 52-48 | Confirmed on February 12, 2025 |
Elise Stefanik | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations | November 11, 2024 | Foreign Relations | January 21, 2025 | Favorable (Voice Vote) | N/A | Withdrawn on March 27, 2025 |
Michael Waltz | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations | May 1, 2025 | Foreign Relations | July 15, 2025 | Favorable (12-10) | TBD | Passed committee |
Russell Vought | Director of the Office of Management and Budget | November 22, 2024 | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs / Budget | January 15, 2025 / January 22, 2025 | Favorable (8-7) / Favorable (11-0) | 53-47 | Confirmed on February 6, 2025 |
Lee Zeldin | Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | November 11, 2024 | Environment and Public Works | January 16, 2025 | Favorable (11-8) | 56-42 | Confirmed on January 29, 2025 |
Kelly Loeffler | Administrator of the Small Business Administration | December 4, 2024 | Small Business and Entrepreneurship | January 29, 2025 | Favorable (12-7) | 52-46 | Confirmed on February 19, 2025 |
John Ratcliffe | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | November 12, 2024 | Intelligence (Select) | January 15, 2025 | Favorable (14-3) | 74-25 | Confirmed on January 23, 2025 |
Historical comparison of Cabinet confirmations
Comparison to Biden administration
- See also: Joe Biden's Cabinet
The following chart displays how many days it took for the Cabinet secretaries of President Joe Biden (D) to be confirmed after the inauguration in 2021. This chart includes the main 15 Cabinet positions.
Comparison to Trump's first term
The following chart displays how many days it took for President Donald Trump's (R) first term Cabinet secretaries to be confirmed after the inauguration in 2017. This chart includes the main 15 Cabinet positions.
Comparison to Obama administration
The following chart displays how many days it took for the Cabinet secretaries of President Barack Obama (D) to be confirmed after the inauguration in 2009. This chart includes the main 15 Cabinet positions.
List of secretaries of the interior, 1849-2024
- See also: U.S. Department of the Interior
Secretaries of the Interior Full History | ||||||||
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Secretary of the Interior | Years in office | Nominated by | Confirmation vote | |||||
Thomas Ewing | 1849-1850 | Zachary Taylor | ||||||
Thomas M.T. McKennan | 1850-1850 | Millard Fillmore | ||||||
Alexander H.H. Stuart | 1850-1853 | Millard Fillmore | ||||||
Robert McClelland | 1853-1857 | Franklin Pierce | ||||||
Jacob Thompson | 1857-1861 | James Buchanan | ||||||
Caleb B. Smith | 1861-1862 | Abraham Lincoln | ||||||
John P. Usher | 1863-1865 | Andrew Johnson | ||||||
James Harlan | 1865-1866 | Andrew Johnson | ||||||
Orville H. Browning | 1866-1869 | Andrew Johnson | ||||||
Jacob D. Cox | 1869-1870 | Ulysses S. Grant | ||||||
Columbus Delano | 1870-1875 | Ulysses S. Grant | ||||||
Zachariah Chandler | 1875-1877 | Ulysses S. Grant | ||||||
Carl Schurz | 1877-1881 | Rutherford B. Hayes | ||||||
Samuel J. Kirkwood | 1881-1882 | James Garfield | ||||||
Henry M. Teller | 1882-1885 | Chester A. Arthur | ||||||
Lucius Q.C. Lamar, II | 1885-1888 | Grover Cleveland | ||||||
William F. Vilas | 1888-1889 | Grover Cleveland | ||||||
John W. Noble | 1889-1893 | Benjamin Harrison | ||||||
M. Hoke Smith | 1893-1896 | Grover Cleveland | ||||||
David R. Francis | 1896-1897 | Grover Cleveland | ||||||
Cornelius N. Bliss | 1897-1899 | William McKinley | ||||||
Ethan A. Hitchcock | 1899-1907 | Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||
James R. Garfield | 1907-1909 | Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||
Richard A. Ballinger | 1909-1911 | William Howard Taft | ||||||
Walter L. Fisher | 1911-1913 | William Howard Taft | ||||||
Franklin K. Lane | 1913-1920 | Woodrow Wilson | ||||||
John B. Payne | 1920-1921 | Woodrow Wilson | ||||||
Albert B. Fall | 1921-1923 | Warren G. Harding | ||||||
Hubert Work | 1923-1928 | Calvin Coolidge | ||||||
Roy Owen West | 1928-1929 | Calvin Coolidge | ||||||
Ray Lyman Wilbur | 1929-1933 | Herbert Hoover | ||||||
Harold L. Ickes | 1933-1946 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | ||||||
Julius A. Krug | 1946-1949 | Harry Truman | ||||||
Oscar L. Chapman | 1949-1953 | Harry Truman | ||||||
Douglas McKay | 1953-1956 | Dwight Eisenhower | ||||||
Fred A. Seaton | 1956-1961 | Dwight Eisenhower | ||||||
Steward L. Udall | 1961-1969 | John F. Kennedy | ||||||
Walter J. Hickel | 1969-1970 | Richard Nixon | ||||||
Rogers C.B. Morton | 1971-1975 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
Stanley K. Hathaway | 1975 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
Thomas S. Kleppe | 1975-1977 | Gerald Ford | ||||||
Cecil D. Andrus | 1977-1981 | Jimmy Carter | N/A | |||||
James G. Watt | 1981-1983 | Ronald Reagan | 83-12 | |||||
William P. Clark | 1983-1985 | Ronald Reagan | 71-18 | |||||
Donald P. Hodel | 1985-1989 | Ronald Reagan | 93-1 | |||||
Manuel Lujan, Jr. | 1989-1993 | George H.W. Bush | 100-0 | |||||
Bruce E. Babbitt | 1993-2001 | Bill Clinton | N/A | |||||
Gale A. Norton | 2001-2006 | George W. Bush | 75-24 | |||||
Dirk A. Kempthorne | 2006-2009 | George W. Bush | N/A | |||||
Ken Salazar | 2009-2013 | Barack Obama | N/A | |||||
Sally Jewell | 2013-2017 | Barack Obama | 87-11 | |||||
Ryan Zinke | 2017-2019 | Donald Trump | 68-31 | |||||
David Bernhardt | 2019-2021 | Donald Trump | 56-41 | |||||
Debra Haaland | 2021-2025 | Joe Biden | 51-40 | |||||
Walter Cruickshank (acting) | 2025-present | Donald Trump | N/A |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, "Hearing to Consider the Nomination of the Honorable Doug Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior," accessed January 13, 2025
- ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session," accessed January 31, 2025
- ↑ Truth Social, "Trump on November 15, 2024," accessed November 15, 2024
- ↑ Senate.gov, "Roll Call Vote 119th Congress - 1st Session," accessed January 31, 2025
- ↑ Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, "Hearing to Consider the Nomination of the Honorable Doug Burgum to be Secretary of the Interior," accessed January 13, 2025
- ↑ Forbes, "America's Best Entrepreneurial Governor," June 13, 2017
- ↑ North Dakota, "Governor Doug Burgum," accessed May 27, 2021
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Doug Burgum," accessed May 27, 2021
- ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "New venture capital group formed," October 2, 2008
- ↑ Kilborne Group, "Doug Burgum," accessed July 12, 2024
- ↑ Yahoo! Finance, "How Rich Are the Wealthiest Governors?" September 21, 2022
- ↑ Vox, "Former Microsoft executive Doug Burgum is North Dakota’s next governor," November 9, 2016
- ↑ The Hill, "His presidential bid over, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he won’t seek a third term as governor," January 22, 2024
- ↑ KFYR TV, "Burgum signs $515 million tax cut bill," April 27, 2023
- ↑ Ernst & Young, "North Dakota law lowers personal income tax rates retroactive to January 1, 2023," May 9, 2023
- ↑ The Dickinson Press, "Gov. Doug Burgum calls for North Dakota to be carbon neutral by 2030," May 12, 2021
- ↑ Des Moines Register, "GOP candidate Doug Burgum leans on energy policy prowess in Iowa State Fair campaign pitch," August 11, 2023
- ↑ AP News, "North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions," April 25, 2023
- ↑ AP News, "North Dakota Gov. Burgum vetoes transgender sports measure," April 21, 2021
- ↑ AP News, "North Dakota governor vetoes transgender pronouns bill," March 30, 2023
- ↑ AP News, "North Dakota governor signs trans athlete bans into law," April 11, 2023
- ↑ AP, "In Fargo, North Dakota, Gov. Doug Burgum jumps into crowded Republican race for president," June 7, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "CSPAN," June 7, 2023
- ↑ NBC News, "Doug Burgum suspends presidential campaign," December 4, 2023
- ↑ AP News, "Trump is endorsed by a former rival, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, ahead of the Iowa caucuses," January 14, 2024
- ↑ NBC News, "Trump is focused on Doug Burgum, JD Vance and Marco Rubio as his VP search enters the home stretch," June 21, 2024
- ↑ ABC News, "Who is Doug Burgum, North Dakota governor and potential Trump running mate?" July 11, 2024
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Trump’s Vice Presidential Pick Won’t Be Rubio or Burgum, Could Be Vance—Or a Surprise," July 16, 2024
- ↑ CRS Report for Congress, "Senate Confirmation Process: An Overview," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure," April 4, 2019
- ↑ Constitution Center, "Presidential Advisors," accessed November 18, 2020