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Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Mike Lindell's Request for Full Gubernatorial Primary Recount

The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Mike Lindell's bid to order a full recount of the Republican gubernatorial primary, confirming his 45,000-vote loss to House Speaker Lisa Demuth. Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson ruled that the state's recount plan follows established law and that Lindell failed to meet the deadline to pay the required $825,000 for the process. Lindell, the founder of MyPillow and a candidate endorsed by Trump, argued that the state's plan to count only the ballots for himself and Demuth was a "bait-and-switch" and requested a manual count of all 1.1 million ballots cast. He claimed the election data contained "anomalies" due to the use of electronic voting machines, though he provided little concrete evidence of errors. The court's ruling upholds Demuth's position as the Republican nominee for the general election. Lindell stated he intends to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking a full hand-counted audit of the entire primary race.

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