Brent Sanford
Brent Sanford is an American politician from the state of North Dakota. A member of the Republican Party, he is the 38th and current Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota and was the mayor of Watford City, North Dakota.Career
Sanford graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1994. He is a Certified Public Accountant. He worked for Eide Bailly LLP from 1994 through 2002, and then became the chief financial officer of Transwest Trucks in Denver, Colorado. He moved back to Watford City in 2004, taking over his family-run car dealership. He was elected to the Watford City Council in 2006, and became mayor in 2010.
Doug Burgum chose Sanford as his running mate in the 2016 gubernatorial election. The ticket won the general election. They are running for re-election together in 2020, winning the Republican primary.Sanford and his wife, Sandra, have three children.
