Minnesota Supreme Court rejects Mike Lindell’s bid to recount GOP gubernatorial primary

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell has long denied President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election. Now, he’s refusing to accept his own election loss in the GOP primary for governor of Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Lindell’s bid Saturday to order a full recount of his Aug. 11 loss to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth after she won the Republican primary by 45,000 votes. Chief Justice Natalie E.

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Scoop News DeskMinnesota · Published Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 3:07 AM UTCUpdated Monday, August 31, 2026 at 7:24 AM UTC

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The secretary of state’s office said in a statement Tuesday that it provided the contingent recount plan to Lindell after the State Canvassing Board approved it Aug. Lindell previously pledged to pay an estimated $825,000 to cover a full hand recount and audit of the race but refused to pay the money on Monday, which marked the state’s deadline, after finding out that the recount only included counting the ballots cast for either Lindell or Demuth.

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