Lindell alleges voting irregularities, refuses to concede
Lindell finished second with 32.5% of the vote and said he will not give up until the ballots are fully counted.
- On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell lost Minnesota's Republican gubernatorial primary to House Speaker Lisa Demuth but refused to concede, alleging "mathematical deviations" in the vote count.
- Despite receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump in July, Lindell finished second with 32.5% of the vote to Demuth's 44.7%, and had previously lost the Minnesota GOP Party's June endorsement to Kendall Qualls, former health care executive.
- During his Tuesday night livestream on LindellTV, Lindell alleged a "36,000 vote drop" favored Demuth, theorizing those votes belonged to him. There is no evidence supporting this claim.
- Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough mocked Lindell's claims on Wednesday, while the candidate faces ongoing legal challenges including over $50,000 in sanctions owed to voting machine company Smartmatic for a "frivolous" lawsuit.
- Midwest polling has proven volatile this primary cycle, as evidenced by narrow outcomes in Michigan and Wisconsin races. Lindell remains a leading figure in the election denial movement despite his defeat.
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It's a shame for Donald Trump: his close ally, Mike Lindell, is losing the governor's election in Minnesota, and refuses to acknowledge the outcome. It's already the third fall for Trump candidates in a few weeks.
Lindell Alleges Voting Anomalies After Losing Minnesota GOP Governor Primary, Won’t Concede
MyPillow CEO and founder Mike Lindell is refusing to concede Minnesota's governor's primary, and he's alleging there were irregularities in the vote count. On Tuesday evening, Lindell said that he was down by 20,000 votes with 277,000 votes left to county, which are all mail-in and early votes for Lisa Demuth.
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