Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and one of the country’s most prolific spreaders of election disinformation, announced today that he was running for governor of Minnesota.

A close ally of President Donald Trump, Lindell is best known for promoting the falsehood that voting machines in the United States are often rigged and have flipped elections.

With his polarizing politics, Lindell injects uncertainty into a crowded Republican field that includes Lisa Demuth, the speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives; Scott Jensen, a former state senator and the 2022 Republican nominee for governor; Chris Madel, a prominent lawyer in Minnesota; and state Rep. Kristin Robbins.

They are competing for the chance to challenge Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat and his party’s vice-presidential nomine

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