He signed a near-total ban in North Dakota but opposes a national ban.

“It’s amazing — we’ve spent 50 years of the pro-life movement fighting to have Roe v. Wade overturned so that the decision could return to the states, and about 24 hours later, the same people say, ‘No, now it’s been turned over to the states, now we’ve got to have the feds back involved again.’”

He has supported carbon-capture as governor, but what he would do as president is unclear.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota has pushed harder to address climate change than most Republicans by actively identifying carbon neutrality as a goal: In 2021, he announced that he wanted North Dakota to reach it by 2030.

He supports military aid with audits to ensure funds are used as intended.

“Russia cannot have a win coming out of this, because if it’s a win for them, it’s a win for China,” Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota told KFYR, a television station in the state, while adding that he wanted Europe to shoulder more of the financial burden. He also wants “accountability on every dollar” spent.

He expresses some more moderate views but hasn’t made detailed proposals.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota has expressed support for lowering barriers to legal immigration, a stance that sets him apart from most other candidates in the field.

He has refused to talk about the indictments.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota has avoided talking about the indictments, at times expressing annoyance that reporters were asking him about them.

His stance on China centers on strengthening the U.S. economy through deregulation.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota says the United States is in a cold war with China and needs greater economic strength to win.

He has called for cutting taxes and reducing regulations, but hasn’t given many specifics.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota has said that strengthening the economy “needs to be the absolute top priority.” However, he has stuck to broad terms, without detailing how he would do so.

He signed several anti-transgender laws in his state, and hasn’t ruled out federal laws.

As governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum signed at least eight bills restricting the rights of transgender or gender-nonconforming people in 2023, more than almost any other governor.

He avoided explicitly endorsing an investigation.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota said on X, formerly known as Twitter, after Kevin McCarthy ordered an impeachment inquiry: “It’s important to do what it takes to get to the bottom of the Biden family business dealings.”

He has criticized federal incentives for unionization, but his positions are otherwise unclear.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota has not spoken in depth about workers’ rights or unions, and his campaign did not respond to questions from The Times about the United Automobile Workers dispute before the strike began. But in an NBC News interview in July, he mentioned efforts to prioritize unionized companies for government incentives as an obstacle to economic growth.

He has called Social Security a “solemn commitment” but hasn’t made his plans clear.

Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota suggested in a town hall event in New Hampshire that he could “drive dollars” to the program by running the rest of the government and the federal budget “more efficiently.”

He has signed several criminal justice reforms as governor.

As governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum has signed bills eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for some drug crimes and lowering drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor. He also reduced penalties for technical parole violations, increased funding for addiction treatment and delayed when in the hiring process employers can ask about criminal records.

He wants “maximum political and military support” for Israel and signed a bill against boycotts.

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR Gov. Doug Burgum of North Dakota said on the campaign trail in New Hampshire that he would be willing to send U.S. troops to Israel to free hostages. He called the conflict in Israel a “proxy war” between the United States and Iran and, without evidence, linked Hamas’s attack to the Biden administration’s Iran policies.