My Pillow CEO and America First lightning rod Mike Lindell has been the center of attention in the GOP field of Governor candidates due to his style, personality, and agenda as an outsider businessman. Like President Trump, Lindell is a media magnet that cannot help but draw attention to his cause. Despite the negative hit pieces from the leftist media, Lindell is leading in new GOP primary polling for Governor.

Polling released from Peak Insights included 500 participants and asked about various MN Republican primary elections. The full poll can be seen here. Notably, Mike Lindell led the pack with 18% while a plurality of voters remain undecided. See polling below:

Absent from the above polling is Governor candidates Raul Estrada and John Krhin, both of which have signed A4L’s Never Again Pledge as has Mike Lindell, Brad Kohler, and Phil Parrish.

It is not a surprise that Lindell leads among Republican voters, especially considering 68% of individuals polled self-ascribed themselves as a part of the “Trump/MAGA wing” of the GOP. As a leader in the Stop The Steal effort, Lindell helped to expose election fraud nationally and keep the base unified post-2020 in support of the mission of clean elections. Most RINO politicians abandoned President Trump and the election integrity movement but Mike Lindell and the grassroots never left his side. Due to Lindell’s commitment on the issue as a private citizen, many Patriots respect that he is willing to stick his neck on the line for his beliefs. With election fraud from 2020 finally being exposed like 315K Georgia votes lacking signature certification, Lindell may have been ahead of the curve.

Lindell benefitted from a boost by President Trump when he stated at a rally that Mike deserves to be Governor of Minnesota and it appears a plurality of MN Republicans agree. Mike has consistently placed in the top three for local straw polls across the state and has serious name recognition among the grassroots.

In order to win the Governor’s race, the MNGOP is going to need a candidate that can fire up the MAGA base to vote. President Trump won over 1.5M votes in MN in 2024 and it will take just about every single one of them turning out in 2026 in order for the GOP to win. If the GOP nominates someone whose political record and agenda are not aligned with liberty conservatives, they will lose.

Lindell also makes the Governor’s race competitive in a way other candidates cannot. Mike Lindell has grassroots support nationwide and will not be only reliant on MN Republicans to fund his campaign. Out-of-state, small dollar, grassroots donors clearly do not control Lindell with their donations, they are simply conservatives who are aligned with Mike in the fight to retake Minnesota. While some use this as an attack line against Lindell, it is a good thing for the MNGOP, not a bad thing, to have a candidate who can bring in big money to compete with the Democratic machine. 

The poll also included questions surrounding the U.S. Senate race and the results has some conservatives scratching their heads. In the poll, it claims that pro-abortion/anti-Trump Michele Tafoya leads the U.S. Senate primary by 30 points. See below:

This poll has been propped up by the RINO-controlled NRSC which has endorsed Tafoya’s candidacy. According to Alpha News, a spokesperson for Tafoya’s campaign did not respond to media inquiry when asked if Peak Insights poll was commissioned by her campaign or if they would provide the full crosstabs for the poll.

It seems highly unlikely that the popular 2024 GOP nominee for U.S. Senate, Royce White, would be polling at 11%. It also seems unlikely that Adam Schwarze, who has been doing tons of on the ground events with Republicans, would be at just 4%. 

Another reason to view the Senate polling with a grain of salt is that it says corrupt David Hann has more people that view him favorably than unfavorably! What kind of Republican would possibly view him favorably after A4L exposed that he secretly paid a Kamala/Walz supporter tens of thousands of dollars with MNGOP funds? See below:

The Establishment desperately wants to keep the MAGA base uninspired and obedient to RINO politicians. MN Republicans have long waited for the opportunity to win statewide and see 2026 as their chance to make it happen. 

A4L will continue providing Patriots with hard-hitting, anti-establishment, pro-liberty reporting that cannot be found anywhere else. While the RINOs try to squash grassroots momentum, A4L will never back down from exposing corruption. A4L will continue fighting for our mission to protect liberty for the next generation.