Mike Lindell
Republican · MN · Founder and CEO, MyPillow
Mike Lindell is a Minnesota businessman, political activist, and the founder and chief executive of MyPillow. Born in Mankato and raised in Chaska and Carver, he has also founded a faith-based addiction-recovery network.
Where Mike Lindell stands, based on their records
Opposes
Corporate Accountability (3 records)
Track record
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 3 oppose
A Minnesota judge ordered MyPillow to pay nearly $778,000 in unpaid bills, interest, and fees to delivery company DHL.
January 8, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: apnews.com
The Better Business Bureau revoked MyPillow's accreditation and lowered its rating from A-plus to F, citing a pattern of complaints and its continuing buy-one-get-one promotion.
January 3, 2017Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: cbsnews.com
MyPillow agreed to pay $995,000 in civil penalties and contribute $100,000 to California charities to settle allegations that it made unsupported health and product claims.
November 1, 2016Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: cbsnews.com
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Liberty Vote, formerly Dominion Voting Systems, and Lindell confidentially settled and dismissed Dominion's $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit, with each side bearing its own costs.
July 1, 2026
Source: abcnews.com
Mike Lindell founded MyPillow in Minnesota and became the company's chief executive and public face through its television infomercials.
December 11, 2025
Source: apnews.com
The Eighth Circuit vacated a $5 million arbitration award arising from Lindell's election-data challenge, ruling that the arbitrators had exceeded their authority under the contest rules.
July 23, 2025
Source: apnews.com
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Lindell's challenge to the FBI's 2022 seizure of his cellphone, leaving three lower-court rulings against his constitutional claims in place.
April 15, 2024
Source: apnews.com
A Minnesota court ordered MyPillow evicted from a Shakopee warehouse after Lindell confirmed that the company owed about $217,000 in unpaid rent.
March 27, 2024
Source: apnews.com
Hosted a Cyber Symposium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 2021 and offered $5 million to anyone who could show that the data he released there was not real 2020 election data. He claimed the data proved China interfered in the election.
August 10, 2021
Source: apnews.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 3 records
A Minnesota federal judge granted Smartmatic partial summary judgment, ruling that 51 statements by Lindell and MyPillow were false and defamatory while leaving actual malice and damages for later proceedings.
September 26, 2025
Source: govinfo.gov
A federal court entered default judgment for FedEx, holding MyPillow liable for about $8.8 million and Lindell jointly liable for about $2.68 million after finding he made false payment representations.
August 1, 2025
Source: govinfo.gov
A Colorado federal jury found that Lindell and his media platform defamed former voting-system executive Eric Coomer and awarded Coomer $2.3 million in damages.
June 16, 2025
Source: apnews.com
Past race Mike Lindell ran in:
- Governor & Lt Governor · August 11, 2026 · Minnesota