Here we go again. Career politician and serial candidate Kendall Qualls — who’s been running for something, anything, for nearly a decade — just got caught misleading Republican delegates and grassroots conservatives. And after being exposed, he doubled down with another dishonest move.

Qualls, who pulls in over $300,000 a year through his NGO with his wife, ran Facebook ads claiming he was “the only candidate who pledged to respect the GOP endorsement process.”

That’s a flat-out lie.

As Liberty & Prosperity Blog first reported on January 26, several other candidates — including Jeff Johnson — publicly pledged to abide by the GOP endorsement. So Qualls wasn’t “the only one.” He was the only one lying about it.

The Non-Apology “Apology”

A few days later, on January 29, Qualls posted what can only be described as a politician-style non-apology on Facebook. He said he wanted to “address the claim,” as if someone else made it up. Let’s be clear: Qualls made the false claim himself.

No apology. No accountability. Just the same old polished D.C. politician routine about “integrity” and “making it right.” Except — he didn’t.

Caught Again — Same Lie, Same Ad

Senator Michael Holmstrom called out Qualls directly, saying he had “specifically misled delegates to buy a hand up.” Holmstrom even showed proof that Qualls kept running the same false ad after his so-called “correction.”

That’s Strike Two — caught lying to the grassroots twice in the same week.

None of this should surprise anyone who’s been paying attention. 

Qualls misled the grassroots in 2022 when he said he would sign the Never Again pledge and then reneged on that promise.

Qualls claims to be an outsider, but his campaign is run by establishment insiders. 

Qualls’ latest campaign — his third in seven years — is once again being run by D.C. consultants and establishment operatives.

• In 2020, Qualls ran for a Congressional seat that was held by Republicans the previous cycle. He lost — badly — by 11%, one of the worst showings for Republicans in that district’s history.
• In 2022, he ran for governor and failed to win the GOP endorsement.
• Then in 2024, he undermined the endorsement process by backing establishment pick Joe Fraser (He/Him) after Fraser lost to grassroots conservative Royce White for U.S. Senate.

This is a pattern — Qualls says one thing to the base and does another behind closed doors.

Qualls pretends to be an outsider. But the only reason he’s outside the system is because the grassroots keeps rejecting him. He surrounds himself with the same consultant class that’s been losing Minnesota elections for decades and cashes in while doing it.

He’s been running for something nonstop for seven years, and every time, it’s the same story: misleading ads, establishment spin, and betrayal of the conservative base.

Bottom Line: The grassroots can’t trust Kendall Qualls.

He’s a D.C.-approved, consultant-crafted DEI candidate who will say anything to get elected — and do anything to stay relevant.

Minnesota conservatives deserve better than another establishment-backed loser trying to fool the grassroots.