{{Short description|American politician (born 1960)}} {{Infobox politician |image = | | name = Rick Clayburgh | caption = Rick Clayburgh | office = North Dakota Tax Commissioner | term_start = 1996<ref name = "chronology" /> | term_end = May 2005<ref name = "chronology" /> | governor = Ed Schafer<br>John Hoeven | predecessor = Robert E. Hanson<ref name = "chronology" /> | successor = Cory Fong<ref name = "chronology" /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|8|mf=y}} | party = Republican<ref name="ND SecState">{{cite web|url=http://web.apps.state.nd.us/sec/emspublic/gp/electionresultssearch.htm?cmd=Search&searchType=STATE&electionDate=06112002&showMap=N |title=Primary Election – June 11, 2002 |date=September 16, 2003 |publisher=web.apps.state.nd.us |accessdate=November 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518205956/http://web.apps.state.nd.us/sec/emspublic/gp/electionresultssearch.htm?cmd=Search&searchType=STATE&electionDate=06112002&showMap=N |archivedate=May 18, 2011 }}</ref> }}
'''Richard S. "Rick" Clayburgh''' (born April 8, 1960) is a North Dakota Republican politician and current director of the North Dakota Bankers Association.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}} Clayburgh was elected as the state's Tax Commissioner in 1996, and re-elected in 2000 and 2004. He resigned effective May 2005 to become President and CEO of the North Dakota Bankers Association and Cory Fong was appointed to serve until an election in 2006 (where Fong was elected).<ref name = "chronology">{{cite web|url = http://www.nd.gov/tax/abouttax/chronology-of-tax-commissioners.pdf|title = Chronology of Tax Commissioners|publisher = nd.gov|accessdate = November 5, 2010|format = PDF|archive-date = February 7, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070207131752/http://www.nd.gov/tax/abouttax/chronology-of-tax-commissioners.pdf|url-status = dead}}</ref> In responding to Clayburgh's resignation, Governor John Hoeven described him as "a dedicated servant of North Dakota for the past twenty years" who had served with "integrity and distinction" and stated that he would be missed.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://governor.nd.gov/media/news-releases/2005/04/050427b.html|date = April 27, 2005|title = Hoeven Statement On The Resignation Of Rick Clayburgh|publisher = governor.nd.gov|accessdate = November 5, 2010}}</ref>
Clayburgh was well-favored in his 2002 campaign for North Dakota's at-large congressional district<ref>{{cite web|url = http://rs6.loc.gov/elect2002/catalog/1243.html|title = Election 2002 Web Archive Record|publisher = rs6.loc.gov|accessdate = November 5, 2010}}</ref> against incumbent Democrat Earl Pomeroy,<ref name = "ND SecState" /> and ran an aggressive campaign including a visit from then-Vice President Dick Cheney in Fargo, North Dakota.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200207/29_gundersond_cheney-m/|title = Vice President Cheney raises money in North Dakota|author = Gunderson, D.|date = July 29, 2002|publisher = news.minnesota.publicradio.org|accessdate = November 5, 2010}}</ref> He raised over US$1 million for the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/campaigns/rick_clayburgh.asp?cycle=02|title = Rick Clayburgh – $1,086,009 raised, '02 election cycle, North Dakota (ND), Republican Party|publisher = campaignmoney.com|accessdate = November 5, 2010}}</ref> Despite the efforts, Pomeroy edged out Clayburgh and won re-election, with 52% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|title = The 2002 Elections – Results in North Dakota|newspaper = The New York Times|url = https://www.nytimes.com/ref/elections2002/2002ND.htm|date = November 7, 2002|accessdate = November 5, 2010}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Biography}} *2002 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{S-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=Rod Backman}} {{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Tax Commissioner of North Dakota|years=1996, 2000, 2004}} {{s-aft|after=Cory Fong}} {{s-off}} {{Succession box| before=Robert E. Hanson| title=Tax Commissioner of North Dakota| years=1996–2005| after=Cory Fong }} {{S-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clayburgh, Rick}} Category:Living people Category:North Dakota tax commissioners Category:Politicians from Grand Forks, North Dakota Category:North Dakota Republicans Category:University of North Dakota alumni Category:1960 births