Doug Burgum Charms Trump and Donors to Emerge as VP Prospect
- North Dakota governor campaigns with the GOP nominee
- Strategists say experience, rural roots could lure moderates
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About this time last year, voters didn’t know the name Doug Burgum. Just to get on a debate stage with other Republican presidential primary contenders, he had to give out $20 gift cards in return for $1 campaign donations.
Now that he’s on the short list to be Donald Trump’s running mate, it’s a different story: Just listening to Burgum speak at a fundraiser costs $10,000. Want to ask him a question? That’ll be $25,000.