{"id":2647113,"date":"2026-08-19T18:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lindell-funding-recount-after-minnesota-governor-primary-loss\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:41:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:41:29","slug":"mike-lindell-funding-recount-after-minnesota-governor-primary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lindell-funding-recount-after-minnesota-governor-primary-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Lindell funding recount after Minnesota governor primary loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-lindell-funding-recount-after-minnesota-governor-primary-loss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow and a former Republican candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, is funding a statewide recount of Minnesota\u2019s gubernatorial primary results after losing to Lisa Demuth by over 11 points. Lindell,who lost the race,announced he would privately finance a complete audit of all paper ballots due to concerns over irregularities such as vote totals decreasing during reporting,unusual synchronized vote counts,and counties reporting more votes than cast. He emphasized his legal right to conduct the recount and saw it as a step toward eliminating electronic voting machines, which many countries have banned. lindell claims this recount will be the largest privately funded election audit in U.S.history and promises transparency. Despite Lindell\u2019s efforts, some Minnesota Republicans express skepticism about his motives, favoring Demuth as the stronger candidate to defeat Democratic candidate amy Klobuchar. lindell\u2019s endorsement by Trump, who praised him for his dedication to election integrity amid claims of a rigged 2020 election, fuels his broader efforts to advocate for election reforms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republican <\/a>candidate Mike Lindell is funding a recount of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a>\u2018s gubernatorial primary results after he lost the election to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lindell is known as the MyPillow founder who was endorsed by President Donald Trump ahead of the GOP primary earlier this month. He <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4682754\/mike-lindell-lisa-demuth-minnesota-governor\/\">ended up losing<\/a> the race by over 11 points to rival Demuth, who will seek to flip the governor\u2019s mansion red as she faces off against Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) in November. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4693841\/mike-lindell-recount-minnesota-governor-loss\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Lindell self-funding recount in double-digit Minnesota governor primary loss<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4692052\/david-jolly-byron-donalds-poll-florida-governor\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jolly winning independents as he battles Donalds for Florida governor\u2019s mansion<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4691302\/byron-donalds-david-jolly-florida-governor-race\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Byron Donalds set for November faceoff with Democrat David Jolly for Florida governor<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Lindell announced he would privately fund a statewide recount and audit of every paper ballot cast in the GOP primary election, citing concerns about irregularities in election-night electronic reporting data and electronic voting machine vulnerabilities he suggested could manipulate election outcomes. Among the issues he alleged were vote totals that moved backward during the reporting, unusual synchronized vote totals across all seven Republican candidates, and counties reporting more votes than cast. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the few good election laws Minnesota does have is that as a candidate, I have the right to completely audit and hand count every ballot in the state, and I am going to exercise that right to full extent of the law,\u201d Lindell said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/lindelloffensefund.org\/\">press release<\/a>. \u201cEven if this recount and audit does not overturn my election for governor of Minnesota, I believe this is the gateway to getting rid of these electronic voting machines. One hundred and thirty-two countries have banned these machines already. The United States should be setting the standard for elections, instead we are the worst in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lindell said the effort marked the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >largest privately funded statewide paper ballot recount<\/a> and audit in U.S. history. Lindell claimed the recount would be carried out \u201cwith maximum lawful transparency, including designated observers stationed throughout the hand-counting process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith just 6.7% of the vote reported compared to 93.7%, the candidates\u2019 percentages were virtually unchanged. Then there\u2019s this: reported vote totals actually went DOWN,\u201d he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realMikeLindell\/status\/2090144811378671696\">reposted <\/a>on X. \u201cAs votes poured in from different parts of Minnesota, why did the percentages remain so remarkably consistent? And why were reported vote totals going backwards?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lindell\u2019s efforts come as establishment Republicans in Minnesota have expressed skepticism about the MyPillow founder, including party Chairman Alex Plechash, who has posited that Demuth is \u201cthe candidate best positioned to defeat Amy Klobuchar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4685105\/mike-lindell-loss-immigration-amnesty-steve-bannon\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4685105\/mike-lindell-loss-immigration-amnesty-steve-bannon\/\">MIKE LINDELL LOST BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION AMNESTY PROPOSAL DESPITE TRUMP BACKING: STEVE BANNON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump ignored critics when he endorsed Lindell as the best pick to replace outgoing Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN). The alliance came after Lindell agreed with Trump that the 2020 election results were rigged against the president in favor of then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe truly loves Minnesota, as do I, and wants to bring it back from oblivion and embarrassment,\u201d the president said of Lindell in a July Truth Social <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116923765602106745\">post<\/a>. \u201cHe can do it! Nobody has sacrificed more than Mike Lindell in fighting for our country, especially when it comes to Election Integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Lindell funds recount after Minnesota primary loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2647114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-lindell-ballot-recount.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32360,45265,40275,38887,37326],"class_list":["post-2647113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-fraud","tag-election-recount","tag-gubernatorial-race","tag-mike-lindell","tag-minnesota-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mike-lindell-ballot-recount.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2647113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647117,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2647113\/revisions\/2647117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2647114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2647113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2647113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2647113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}