Doug was raised in a tiny town in North Dakota, where he learned the importance of grit and determination from his parents at a young age. He still cherishes the small-town values that shaped his childhood.​ Doug “bet the farm” to help grow a small start-up business in North Dakota into a worldwide, billion-dollar company. He ignored the naysayers who said you couldn’t build a tech company in North Dakota and created over 2,000 high-paying jobs with employees from over 220 towns in North Dakota. Under Doug’s leadership, North Dakota is a leader in innovation, creating a boom across the energy, agriculture, and technology sectors. In Burgum’s first year as governor, he inherited a $1.7 billion budget shortfall. Doug balanced the budget by cutting spending. He helped pass term limits and enacted the largest tax cut in North Dakota history, which led Forbes to name Doug the country’s “Best Entrepreneurial Governor.”

A native Floridian with blue-collar roots, Ron DeSantis graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he earned a commission in the U.S. Navy as a JAG officer. During his active-duty service, Ron deployed to Iraq in support of the Navy SEALs. DeSantis also served as a prosecutor in Florida, where he put child predators behind bars. He was elected to Congress in 2012 on a platform of government accountability, advocating for term limits and a balanced budget amendment.   In 2018, Ron DeSantis was elected the 46th Governor of Florida. Grounded in his unshakeable belief in America’s founding principles, Governor DeSantis has enacted a bold agenda, delivering win after win on conservative priorities. Last November, DeSantis won a second term, with a record-setting victory margin of nearly 20 percent.

In 2010, Nikki Haley was elected the 116th Governor of South Carolina. She was the youngest Governor in the country and first minority female Governor in America. During Governor Haley’s tenure, South Carolina was a national economic leader. Known as the “Beast of the Southeast,” the state’s unemployment rate hit a 15-year low, it saw over $20 billion in new capital investment, and her administration announced new jobs in every county in the state. The people of South Carolina decisively reelected her in 2014. Soon after, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.  In 2016, President Donald Trump nominated Governor Haley to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. In that role, she also served as a member of the President’s Cabinet and on the National Security Council. As Ambassador, Haley defended U.S. interests, kept our country safe, championed human rights, and went toe–to-toe with the UN’s powerful anti-Israel faction.

Governor Asa Hutchinson served as the 46th Governor of the State of Arkansas. In 2018, he was re-elected with 65 percent of the vote, having received more votes than any other Republican candidate for governor in the State’s history. Asa Hutchinson’s time as governor is distinguished by his success in securing over $700 million per year in tax cuts, safeguarding the retirement pay of veterans from state income tax, shrinking the size of state government, creating over 100,000 new jobs, and leading a national initiative to increase computer science education.

Former Vice President Mike Pence was born and raised in Indiana. In his early career, he practiced law and hosted a syndicated talk radio show. Later, he represented Indiana in the US House of Representatives for six terms, where he built a reputation as a champion of limited government, fiscal responsibility, economic development, educational opportunity, and the U.S. Constitution. In 2012, Mike Pence was elected as the 50th Governor of Indiana. As Governor, Pence enacted the largest income tax cut in Indiana history and lowered the state’s unemployment rate by half. He prioritized education, increased school funding, expanded school choice, created the first state-funded Pre-K plan, and bolstered career and technical education. From 2017 to 2021, Pence served as Vice President of the United States.

Vivek Ramaswamy is a successful businessman and author.  Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ramaswamy has started successful biotechnology and financial services firms. He cites his experiences in the business world as the basis for his campaign to push back on the leftist excesses “Woke Inc.” has unleashed in corporate America.

Tim Scott has served the people of South Carolina as U.S. Senator since 2013. Senator Scott was raised in North Charleston, South Carolina by a single mother. His grandfather dropped out of third grade to pick cotton. Senator Scott notes with pride that his grandfather lived long enough to go from picking cotton to seeing his grandson in Congress. Senator Scott’s signature legislation, Opportunity Zones, was enacted into law as part of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As a result, $75 billion of private investments have been made in distressed communities across the country.  

Donald Trump was the 45th President of the United States, from 2017-2021. Prior to his time in politics, he ran the Trump Organization, a business which soon became involved in a variety of projects, including hotels, resorts, residential and commercial building, casinos, and golf courses. During the 2016 primary, Trump defeated more than a dozen rivals to win the Republican nomination. Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the general election. As President, he signed a major tax reform bill into law and oversaw a reduction of federal regulations. The Trump administration also renegotiated trade agreements with Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, and South Korea. Other domestic priorities included Supreme Court and federal judicial appointments, increased military budgets, aggressive border and immigration control, criminal justice reform, and the reduction of prescription drug prices. In foreign policy, the Trump administration moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and brokered normalization agreements between Israel and a number of countries. In 2018, President Trump attended a summit with Kim Jong Un, marking the first time a sitting president met with a North Korean leader.