St. Paul, Minnesota — MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is refusing to concede his Republican gubernatorial primary loss, saying he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after Minnesota’s highest court rejected his demand for a broader recount.
Lindell lost the Aug. 11 Republican primary to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth by roughly 45,000 votes. On Saturday, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson ruled that state election officials’ proposed recount process complies with Minnesota law and rejected Lindell’s claims of wrongdoing.
Lindell had offered to pay an estimated $825,000 for a hand recount but declined to submit the money after learning officials would focus on determining whether he or Demuth received more votes. He sued, accusing officials of a “bait-and-switch” and demanding that every vote in both parties’ gubernatorial primaries be individually recorded.
Hudson wrote that Lindell was confusing a recount, which determines the winner, with an election contest investigating alleged irregularities. Under the state’s plan, every Republican ballot would still be counted and subject to challenge.
Lindell told NBC News he now intends to seek U.S. Supreme Court review and independently examine election data from all 87 Minnesota counties.
Lindell has spent years promoting debunked claims that voting machines helped steal the 2020 presidential election from Donald Trump. Demuth remains the Republican nominee and will face Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in November.
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