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MILWAULKEE — North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum was injured while playing basketball and taken to a Milwaukee emergency room on Tuesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA TODAY have learned.
“Gov. Burgum sustained an injury while playing a pick-up game of basketball with campaign staff,” Mike Nowatzki, communications director for governor’s office told USA TODAY, referring other questions to the campaign.
It was not clear whether Burgum, 67, would be able to participate in the first Republican debate Wednesday night.
CNN first reported the injury.
Burgum is among the eight candidates that qualified by the deadline to be on stage. Former President Donald Trump is skipping the debate and has indicated he will hold a competing event instead.
He met the debate’s donor threshold by giving out $20 gift cards to anyone who donated $1 or more to campaign. Burgum, who had less than 1% support in a recent Morning Consult survey, is largely self-funding his bid.
Burgum has brushed off his low polling, telling USA TODAY in an interview at the end of July that he sees an opening in the race for a candidate with a “fresh face and a different story.”
“Our focus is really on trying to introduce ourselves to the American public, because we’re the least known of any of the candidates who will be on stag, but we think we’ve got some of the best qualifications to actually lead the country.”
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