MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has filed paperwork to run for Minnesota governor as a Republican in 2026.

The businessman and noted supporter of President Donald Trump filed candidate paperwork with the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board on Wednesday.

He joins a crowded field of candidates seeking the GOP nomination to face Democratic-Farmer-Labor Gov. Tim Walz in next November’s election.

Lindell, 64, said he wasn’t certain he would run yet, but that it was highly likely.

“I’m 95, 98 percent there,” he said in a phone interview. “I will be making an announcement one way or another next Thursday.”

Campaign staff said they filed paperwork as a legal precaution and that they would close the committee if Lindell decided not to run.

First known for his pillow business, Lin

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