Overview
- He outlined priorities that include rooting out government fraud, pushing hand-counted ballots, and tackling addiction, homelessness, schools, taxes, and immigration.
- He enters a competitive GOP lineup in a state where Republicans have not won statewide since 2006, with any potential Trump endorsement still unclear.
- Gov. Tim Walz, seeking a third term, has already used Lindell’s entry to rally supporters and has defended his handling of a pandemic welfare fraud case.
- A Colorado jury this year awarded $2.3 million in a defamation case against him, and a Minnesota federal judge found he made dozens of false statements about Smartmatic.
- He says his personal funds are depleted and that he will rely on donations from supporters to finance the campaign.