Doug Burgum
Secretary of the Interior
Cabinet
Score
55/100 · Moderate
Net worth
$100M+
Tenure
Secretary of the Interior 2025-present
About
Doug Burgum is the former two-term Governor of North Dakota (2016-2024) and a technology entrepreneur who sold his software company Great Plains Software to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001. He ran briefly for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination before endorsing Trump. Confirmed 79-18 in a bipartisan vote as Interior Secretary, he oversees 500 million acres of federal land. He has pledged to open more federal land to drilling and mining while reducing environmental regulations, a position consistent with North Dakota's fossil fuel economy.
Donations & financial influence
| Category | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total raised (career) | N/A (appointed) | |
| Corporate total | N/A | |
| AIPAC / pro-Israel | N/A | |
| Oil & gas / fossil | N/A | |
| Pharma / healthcare | N/A | |
| Defense | N/A | |
| Wall Street / finance | N/A | |
| Big Tech | N/A |
Controversies & conflicts of interest
- $4.3M from oil/gas industry while overseeing federal energy leasing, direct conflict of interest
- Interior manages 1/5 of all US land, decisions affect energy profits of his donors
- Offered $20 gift cards to donors in 2023 presidential campaign, FEC investigation
- Brief 2024 presidential run, dropped out early
- Reversed Biden-era conservation policies on federal lands