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Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge

The former MyPillow CEO also stated he will file lawsuits against voting machine companies.

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What this story says

  • Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, will endorse Lisa Demuth.
  • Lindell stated he encouraged former President Donald Trump to support Demuth.
  • The former MyPillow CEO plans to file lawsuits against voting machine companies.
  • No left-rated outlets covered this story.

Who covered it

Left 0%(0)Centre 57%(8)Right 43%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 14 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 16 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

62/100

Craft

75/100

Hype

15/100

16 sources · methodology

Thin on the left so far

None of the 14 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Mike Lindell, who is running as a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, announced he will endorse Lisa Demuth. Lindell also stated that he encouraged former President Donald Trump to back Demuth. Additionally, Lindell said he intends to file a lawsuit against voting machine companies.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports covered this story.

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 25 times, most recently on 18 Oct 2026, 13:15, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Centre

8 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated reports focused on Mike Lindell's endorsement of Lisa Demuth for Minnesota governor and his claim that he encouraged Donald Trump to support her. These reports also noted Lindell's intention to file lawsuits against voting machine companies. The digests from these outlets identified Lindell as a former MyPillow CEO and a GOP gubernatorial candidate.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports highlighted Mike Lindell's endorsement of Lisa Demuth for Minnesota governor and his statement that he urged Donald Trump to back her. These digests also mentioned Lindell's plan to initiate legal action against voting machine companies. The reports identified Lindell as the former MyPillow CEO and a GOP candidate for governor.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge?
Of the 14 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 57% are rated centre, 43% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 16. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 14 rated outlets on this story, 0% are rated left, 57% are rated centre, 43% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge biased?
Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge is one event reported by 16 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Mike Lindell to endorse Lisa Demuth, drop recount challenge?
16 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Mike Lindell announce regarding the Minnesota governor race?
Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, announced he will endorse Lisa Demuth. He also stated that he encouraged former President Donald Trump to support Demuth.
What legal action does Mike Lindell plan to take?
Mike Lindell stated his intention to file a lawsuit against voting machine companies. The details of this lawsuit were not provided in the reports.
Which political groups covered this story?
The story was covered by centre-rated and right-rated news outlets. No left-rated outlets reported on this development.

Read it at the source

16 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Centre

8

Right

6

Not rated

2

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