Mike Lindell offers to fund recount in Minnesota Republican primary for governor
MyPillow founder and Trump ally lost primary to Lisa Demuth by 11 points, but still refuses to concede defeat
TL;DR
- Mike Lindell lost the Minnesota Republican gubernatorial primary to Lisa Demuth by approximately 11 percentage points.
- Lindell has offered to personally fund a recount and audit of every paper ballot cast in the primary.
- He cited a Minnesota law that allows candidates to seek a complete hand count, regardless of the margin of defeat.
- The estimated cost for a full recount of the governor and lieutenant governor races is $825,000.
- Lindell has a history of making unsubstantiated claims about election fraud.