MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s political dreams put to bed by Minnesota voters

Nypost · Aug 11, 2026 · 848 words · By Victor Nava

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MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s political dreams put to bed by Minnesota voters See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google State House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Sen.

Common ground

Amy Klobuchar emerged victorious Tuesday in their respective Minnesota gubernatorial primaries and will face off in the fall general election to replace outgoing Gov.

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Claim 1: “Klobuchar has won all of her statewide elections by at least 15 percentage points.”

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Claim 2: “The first black lawmaker and first Republican woman to serve as speaker of the Minnesota House, Demuth”

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While evidence confirms Lisa Demuth is the Speaker of the Minnesota House, none of the provided sources confirm she is the first Black lawmaker or the first Republican woman to hold that position. Search results for 'Lisa (rapper)' are irrelevant.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Minnesota. Democratic senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican state House spea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minnesota_gubernatorial_e…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lisa Demuth ( DAY-məth; née Pittman, born February 10, 1967) is an American politician serving since 2025 as the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Demuth

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives. The speaker of the House is usually the leader of the majority party, and is the most powerful figure in the House.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_Minnes…

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Claim 3: “Lindell, who was endorsed by President Trump in July”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Donald Trump endorsed Mike Lindell for the Minnesota gubernatorial race.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable American non-officeholders who endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_pres…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable individual and organizations who publicly indicated support for Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_pres…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael James Lindell ( lin-DEL; born June 28, 1961), also known as the My Pillow Guy and Mike Pillow, is an American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell

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Claim 4: “She is one of three sitting US senators running for governor of her home state, joining Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).”

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Claim 5: “She also made an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.”

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Claim 6: “The Minnesota Republican Party endorsed Qualls over the pillow mogul in May.”

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Multiple sources confirm that the Minnesota GOP endorsed Kendall Qualls in May 2026, defeating both Demuth and Lindell.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kendall Qualls speaks at the Minnesota Republican Convention in Duluth, Saturday May 30, 2026.If nominated, he’ll be the first Black major party candidate for governor in state history. U.S. Sen.
https://www.kaxe.org/elections/2026-06-01/kendall-qualls-win…

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualls defeated House Speaker Lisa Demuth for the Republican endorsement for the governor’s race. Qualls received 60.4 percent of the vote in the endorsement’s 10th ballot.
https://www.valleynewslive.com/2026/05/31/kendall-qualls-win…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Minnesota GOP endorsed Kendall Qualls to run for governor. This comes after a messy convention in Duluth, where electronic voting issues caused delays. Qualls secured more votes than House Speaker…
https://www.fox9.com/news/kendall-qualls-endorsed-minnesota-…

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Claim 7: “Before joining the Senate in 2007, Klobuchar served as the lead prosecutor in Hennepin County”

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Claim 8: “the theft of up to $9 billion in taxpayer money via several sprawling social services scams.”

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Claim 9: “State House Speaker Lisa Demuth and Sen. Amy Klobuchar emerged victorious Tuesday in their respective Minnesota gubernatorial primaries”

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Multiple independent web sources and Wikipedia confirm that Lisa Demuth won the Republican primary and Amy Klobuchar is the Democratic nominee for the 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Minnesota will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Minnesota. Democratic lieutenant governor …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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Claim 10: “The 66-year-old announced her candidacy in late January”

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Claim 11: “Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who has represented the Land of 10,000 Lakes in the US Senate since 2007”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to verify Amy Klobuchar's tenure in the US Senate, although it is a widely known fact, the agent must rely on provided evidence.

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Claim 12: “the FBI raided Feeding Our Future, a bogus nonprofit that bilked taxpayers out of $250 million”

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Claim 13: “The president, who has never won the state of Minnesota”

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Wikipedia and other historical voting records confirm that Republicans have not won Minnesota in a presidential election since 1972, meaning Donald Trump has never won the state.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia part…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's use of social media attracted worldwide attention since he joined Twitter (now X) in March 2009. Over nearly twelve years, Trump tweeted around 57,000 times, including about 8,000 times…
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Claim 14: “In June, Dominion Voting Systems and Lindell settled a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a settlement between Mike Lindell and Dominion Voting Systems in June.

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Claim 15: “Walz announced he would not seek a third term”

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Claim 16: “Demuth trounced MyPillow founder Mike Lindell and Army veteran and businessman Kendall Qualls in the crowded GOP primary field, leading by more than 15 percentage points when the race was called.”

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Multiple sources, including a cross-reference and web search results, explicitly state that Demuth defeated Mike Lindell and Kendall Qualls by more than 15 percentage points.

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Claim 17: “between Jan. 20, 2022 — the day the FBI raided Feeding Our Future, a bogus nonprofit that bilked taxpayers out of $250 million — and Dec. 31, 2025, Klobuchar issued 1,085 press releases, not one of which mentioned Minnesota’s various fraud scandals.”

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Claim 18: “Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) also ran for governor, but lost out to Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in the June primary.”

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Claim 19: “Lindell, who built MyPillow from the ground up into a multi-million dollar company after recovering from an addiction to crack cocaine and later launched his own television network”

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Multiple sources, including CNBC and Wikipedia, confirm Mike Lindell founded MyPillow and recovered from a crack cocaine addiction.

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2019, Lindell launched the Lindell Recovery Network, which connects addicts with others who have gone through drug addiction and the recovery process, as well as faith-based treatment centers and o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell

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web search NEUTRAL — The real problem, he says, is a lack of hope, faith, and meaning – and addiction is an opportunity to deal with these problems. Lindell frequently says that recovering addicts make some of the best wo…
https://alphanews.org/mike-lindells-addiction-brought-him-to…

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web search NEUTRAL — How MyPillow founder went from crack addict to self-made millionaire ›.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/how-mypillow-founder-went-fr…

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Claim 20: “Minnesotans have not elected a Republican governor since Tim Pawlenty secured a second term in 2006.”

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Claim 21: “announced his candidacy last December at his factory in Shakopee.”

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Multiple sources confirm Lindell announced his candidacy in December 2025 at his factory in Shakopee.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lindell announced his candidacy in the race for Minnesota governor — his first bid for public office — in December 2025, at a press conference at one of his MyPillow factories in Shakopee, outside Min…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-endorses-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mike Lindell announced his candidacy for the Minnesota gubernatorial race Thursday, throwing his hat into the race against former Democratic vice presidential candidate, Gov Tim Walz, who is running.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mike Lindell announced his candidacy for Minnesota governor on December 11, 2025, launching his campaign from his Shakopee factory.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/mike-lindell-launches-minnesota-g…

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Claim 22: “The fraud schemes... involved the setting up of bogus nonprofits... spent on cars, luxury goods and even routed to Somalia, ending up in accounts linked to the Al Shabaab terror group.”

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