The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected MyPillow founder Mike Lindell's request to recount the state's GOP gubernatorial primary election on 2026-08-30, effectively confirming an 11-point defeat. Lindell, a 2020 election denier, had offered to pay $825,000 for a hand recount.
On August 19–21, 2026, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell announced he would personally fund a hand recount and audit of Minnesota's Republican gubernatorial primary, which he lost to state House Speaker Lisa Demuth by approximately 11 percentage points. Lindell said he would spend upwards of $1 million on the recount.