Rick Clayburgh

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| name = Rick Clayburgh

| caption = Rick Clayburgh

| office = North Dakota Tax Commissioner

| term_start = 1996

| term_end = May 2005

| governor = Ed Schafer
John Hoeven

| predecessor = Robert E. Hanson

| successor = Cory Fong

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|4|8|mf=y}}

| party = Republican{{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 }}

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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).{{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}} 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.{{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}}

Clayburgh was well-favored in his 2002 campaign for North Dakota's at-large congressional district{{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}} against incumbent Democrat Earl Pomeroy, and ran an aggressive campaign including a visit from then-Vice President Dick Cheney in Fargo, North Dakota.{{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}} He raised over US$1 million for the campaign.{{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}} Despite the efforts, Pomeroy edged out Clayburgh and won re-election, with 52% of the vote.{{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}}