{"id":98370,"date":"2016-04-07T14:46:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T19:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=98370"},"modified":"2016-04-09T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T01:07:21","slug":"burgum-selects-sanford-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=98370","title":{"rendered":"Burgum selects Sanford, running mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-98371\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sanfordbrent-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"sanfordbrent\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sanfordbrent-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sanfordbrent-126x175.jpg 126w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/sanfordbrent.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 North Dakota Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum has picked Watford City Mayor Brent Sanford as his lieutenant governor running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum made the announcement Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sanford is a Watford City native and has been mayor of the oil patch city since 2010. He owns an automobile dealership in the town.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum says Sanford\u2019s experience helped \u201cgrow Watford City from a small community to an economic hub while keeping local taxes low and improving the quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is the GOP\u2019s endorsed candidate for governor. He has picked Bismarck state Sen. Nicole Poolman as his running mate.<\/p>\n<p>North Dakota Democrats have endorsed State Rep. Marvin Nelson of Rolla as their choice for governor. Nelson has chosen New Rockford Sen. Joan Heckaman as his running mate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2013 North Dakota Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Burgum has picked Watford City Mayor Brent Sanford as his lieutenant governor running mate. Burgum made the announcement Thursday. Sanford is a Watford City native and has been mayor of the oil patch city since 2010. He owns an automobile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":98465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98466,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98370\/revisions\/98466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}