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Republican gubernatorial candidate and former “My Pillow” CEO Mike Lindell is refusing to concede his loss in the GOP primary for Minnesota governor, despite having lost by a wide margin to Speaker of the State House of Representatives Lisa Demuth (R).

As of 9 am Central Time, Demuth had received 43.4 percent of the vote, winning the race with plurality support. Lindell secured only 32.5 percent of the vote.

The 10.9 margin is more than enough for an election to be called without much controversy. But at multiple points after it appeared that he would lose, Lindell refused to concede the race.

“I’m not going to give up this race until the votes are counted. That’s nonsense,” Lindell said on his “LindellTV” network.

“Why would I listen to the AP?” he added, referring to The Associated Press.

Trump’s Speech Attacks Election Integrity While Offering No Evidence of Fraud

Speaking to his backers at his election night watch party, Lindell promised them he’d know “in the next few days what’s going to happen.”

The GOP candidate then referenced his past, false assertions that election fraud had affected the 2020 presidential election, which President Donald Trump lost to former President Joe Biden.

“I’m very good at looking at elections,” Lindell claimed.

Trump, who had endorsed Lindell, issued a Truth Social post on Election Day that similarly referenced false claims of election fraud.

“Mike Lindell deserves a BIG WIN IN MINNESOTA today,” Trump wrote. “Nobody has worked harder, and given........

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