My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell announced Monday night that he is considering a run for Minnesota governor, saying “nobody wants Tim Walz.”
Lindell teased the bid during a Monday evening, March 31, broadcast on LindellTV. The Mankato native is the founder of My Pillow and a public supporter of President Donald Trump. In recent years, Lindell has made headlines for claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump.
“I’m going to tell you right now, I’m considering running for governor in the state of Minnesota, because right now we have a voice that could be big …” Lindell said during the broadcast Monday. “I live here in Minnesota. Everywhere I go, nobody wants Tim Walz. They don’t … You would not want Walz, you would want anything but him. You know, that’s what I’m hearing all over the state of Minnesota.”
Gov. Walz’s office said on Feb. 26 that he’s mulling a third term as governor. The last Minnesota governor who served three terms was Democrat Rudy Perpich, who left office in 1991. Perpich’s terms were not consecutive.
There have not been any official bids announced for the 2026 Minnesota governor race. Minnesota Sen. Zach Duckworth, R-Lakeville, teased a bid for governor on X on Feb. 15.
“For those asking about the U.S. Senate Seat — I’m flattered & would love nothing more than to serve my country at a higher level, but I have four amazing reasons to stay close to home in Minnesota,” Duckworth wrote. “Someone told me the Governor’s residence has enough bedrooms for four kids though.”
Attorney General Keith Ellison endorsed Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan for U.S. Senate on Monday, ruling out a 2026 Senate bid from him but leaving him on the list of potential gubernatorial candidates.
Candidates who ran for statewide seats in 2022 and could enter the governor race — but have not confirmed their intentions — are former Republican state senator and 2022 gubernatorial candidate Scott Jenson, 2022 Republican candidate for attorney general Jim Schultz and 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Kendall Qualls.
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