MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell has introduced he’ll run for Minnesota governor in 2026 towards incumbent Gov. Tim Walz.
Lindell final week filed the paperwork to probably run, however on the time mentioned he hadn’t but 100% selected a gubernatorial run. On Thursday, he made it official.
“After prayerful consideration and listening to from so lots of you throughout our nice state, I’ve made the choice to enter the 2026 gubernatorial race,” Lindell posted on social media Thursday. “I am nonetheless standing and I am going to stand for you.”
Lindell will run as a Republican, and enters a crowded subject of names who’ve already tossed their hats into the ring, as Walz, a Democrat, makes an attempt to safe an unprecedented third consecutive four-year time period as Minnesota’s governor.
Along with Lindell, the state Home Republican speaker has already introduced a run for governor, in addition to Scott Jensen, the Republican candidate who misplaced to Walz within the 2022 midterms.
Lindell launched a marketing campaign web site, itemizing his principal marketing campaign priorities as together with stopping fraud, fixing “failing faculty programs,” stopping “exploding property taxes” and “ship(ing) unlawful immigrants again.”
Lindell’s MyPillow has been on the heart of numerous authorized points by means of the years, and earlier this 12 months was ordered to pay a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} to delivery firm DHL.
Additionally, a decide this 12 months dominated that Lindell defamed election expertise firm Smartmatic after he alleged their voting machines rigged the 2020 presidential election in favor of former President Joe Biden. Lindell made comparable unfounded claims towards Dominion Voting Programs.
Observe: This can be a growing story and will probably be up to date. The video featured above initially ran in 2023.
