Mike Lindell, the businessman who founded My Pillow Inc. before becoming an outspoken ally of President Donald Trump, filed paperwork on Wednesday to run for governor of Minnesota in next year’s election.
Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and notorious right-wing conspiracy theorist, has filed paperwork to run for governor of Minnesota next year.
Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow CEO and a 2020 election denier, joins a crowded race in his unlikely Republican bid against two-term incumbent Gov. Tim Walz (D).
The Democratic primary has exposed the party's divides, with Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives endorsing Craig's main rival, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan.
The paperwork doesn’t mean he is certainly running. Lindell told Minnesota Public Radio that he would make a decision as early as Dec. 11.
Minnesota businessman and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell filed paperwork to run for governor in 2026 but says he isn’t making a formal announcement yet. He faces defamation rulings and business disputes after pushing false claims about the 2020 election.
- MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington, June 24, 2021. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, a federal judge affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against the MyPillow chief executive in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the U.