The billionaire businessman ran against Trump for the GOP presidential nomination but has proved to be a loyal ally over the last year.

North Dakota voters are deciding ballot measures to do away with the property tax, legalize recreational marijuana and to raise the bar for citizens to amend the state constitution.

Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong has won the race to be North Dakota’s next governor. The state’s lone congressman has served three terms in the U.S.

Republicans were elected into every statewide office and are set to maintain supermajority in the Legislature, outweighing Democratic seats by 42-5 in the Senate and 83-11 in the House.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as interior secretary, filling another cabinet position for his fast-building administration. Trump in a Friday statement said Burgum would also chair a National Energy Council,

View live results of the North Dakota presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the U.S. Department of Interior, which oversees the management of 500 million acres of public lands across the country, controls 700 million acres of subsurface lands and 1.7 billion acres of the outer continental shelf.

North Dakota Democrats lost legislative seats in Fargo and Grand Forks but gained two seats in District 9, which will have an all Native American representation.

"He's going to head the Department of Interior, and it's going to be fantastic," a tuxedo-wearing Trump said at a gala at his Mar-a-Lago Florida retreat, adding that he would make an official announcement on Friday.

Burgum is an aggressive champion of the oil industry, but his views on climate policy may diverge from those of Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to name North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior. “We’re going to do things with energy and with land, Interior that is going to be incredible,

President-elect Donald Trump announced at a gala that he'd selected North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for Interior secretary as he rounds out his Cabinet.