MyPillow founder and staunch Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell filed paperwork Wednesday to run for governor of his home state, Minnesota.
“I’m 98 percent sure I’m going to,” Lindell said in an interview Wednesday, according to an MPR report. The businessman said he wasn’t making a formal declaration just yet, but that it likely would occur by Dec. 11.
Lindell, 64, was active in disputing the 2020 presidential race results, insisting there was coordinated vote fraud that handed the White House to Democrat Joe Biden. The pillow pitchman held conferences with computer and voting experts that explored 2020 election fraud.
In September, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled that Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements about the 2020 election.
According to MPR, Lindell would make a dozen Republicans trying to unseat Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in 2026. A GOP nominee could be chosen in an August primary if a state convention endorsement doesn’t clear the field in May.
Democrats wasted no time slamming Lindell after the filing, some calling him a “sleazy businessman” with an extreme agenda.
“His entrance into the race is a bitter pill-ow for Minnesota Republicans to swallow,” Democratic Governors Association spokesperson Izzi Levy said in a written statement.
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