MyPillow's Mike Lindell announces he's running for Minnesota governor

MyPillow laminitis and CEO Mike Lindell has announced helium volition tally for Minnesota politician successful 2026 against incumbent Gov. Tim Walz.

Lindell past week filed the paperwork to perchance run, but astatine the clip said helium hadn't yet 100% decided connected a gubernatorial run. On Thursday, helium made it official.

"After prayerful information and proceeding from truthful galore of you crossed our large state, I've made the determination to participate the 2026 gubernatorial race," Lindell posted connected societal media Thursday.

Lindell volition tally arsenic a Republican, and enters a crowded tract of names who person already tossed their hats into the ring, arsenic Walz, a Democrat, attempts to unafraid an unprecedented 3rd consecutive four-year word arsenic Minnesota's governor.

In summation to Lindell, the authorities House Republican talker has already announced a tally for governor, arsenic good arsenic Scott Jensen, the Republican campaigner who mislaid to Walz successful the 2022 midterms. 

Note: This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated. The video featured supra primitively ran successful 2023.

Eric Henderson, Jacob Rosen and Caroline Cummings contributed to this report.

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