By Betul Yuruk
NEW YORK (AA) - Billionaire North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum entered the 2024 US presidential race Wednesday.
Burgum, 66, announced his White House bid in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal.
''We need a change in the White House. We need a new leader for a changing economy. That’s why I’m announcing my run for president,'' he wrote.
He criticized US President Joe Biden for ''failing to articulate any economic vision'' for the country.
''The economy must be our top priority. We need to get inflation under control, cut taxes, lower gas prices and reduce the cost of living,'' he said.
Burgum will face former US President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Senator Tim Scott, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, millionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Trump is favored in most national polls, followed by DeSantis.
DeSantis is viewed as Trump’s strongest Republican challenger.
On the Democratic front, President Joe Biden is running for reelection and is being challenged by best-selling self-help author Marianne Williamson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nephew of former US President John F. Kennedy.