{
  "id": 2027778,
  "title": "Mike Lindell offers to fund recount in Minnesota Republican primary for governor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/mike-lindell-offers-to-fund-recount-in-minnesota-republican-primary",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T21:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/mike-lindell-recount-minnesota-primary"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MyPillow founder and Trump ally lost primary to Lisa Demuth by 11 points, but still refuses to concede defeat US politics live – latest updates The pillow salesman, Trump supporter and election denier Mike Lindell has offered to personally fund a recount and audit of every paper ballot cast in Minnesota’s Republican gubernatorial primary, which he lost last week. Lindell’s announcement on…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}