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Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth won the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, defeating MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who received President Donald Trump’s endorsement, and state GOP-endorsed Kendall Qualls.

As of around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Demuth had more than 44% of the vote to Lindell’s 32% and Qualls’ 21%, with most of Minnesota’s precincts reporting results. Four other candidates shared the remainder of the vote.

The winner will face Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in the November general election, where Minnesotans will pick Gov. Tim Walz’s successor. Walz initially sought a third term but withdrew from the race in January amid mounting scrutiny over his handling of fraud in state programs.

Klobuchar handily won the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary Tuesday with no major competitors.

In a statement on her win, Demuth said she and her running mate, Ryan Wilson, would deliver a needed change in leadership after years of government spending growth and fraud scandals.

“We began this campaign nine months ago. And the thing I’ve heard over and over from Minnesotans from all walks of life is that people are ready for a fresh start,” she said. “The Walz/Klobuchar status quo simply isn’t working. The Minnesota we all know and love is slipping away.”

Qualls, Demuth and Lindell agreed on top-level issues: Minnesota needs to cut taxes and spending, do more to address fraud in state programs and cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

In the primary, their arguments often centered around which candidate would be best equipped to take on Klobuchar — a well-established candidate who has handily won statewide elections four times since she first ran for Senate in 2006 — and win statewide after a two-decade losing streak to Democrats.

Demuth narrowly lost her party’s endorsement to Qualls at the GOP state convention in Duluth in May. But she still enjoyed backing from many Republicans, including members of the party establishment and a group that has taken millions from Richard Uihlein, a deep-pocketed national donor.

DFL leadership took aim at Demuth for that support in a statement on her primary victory.

“Lisa Demuth has proven that she will not stand up for Minnesota when it matters most,” said Party Chair Richard Carlbom. “She will be loyal to the Trump-supporting Wisconsin billionaire who spent millions of dollars flooding our state with ads to rescue her campaign and try to buy the Governor’s seat for her.”

On the campaign trail, Demuth touted her experience as the state’s highest-ranking GOP lawmaker and her negotiations with a DFL-majority Senate and DFL governor to gain limited legislative wins. Under her leadership of the tied House, Republicans have obtained a temporary cut to vehicle registration fees and cut state health insurance for people in the U.S. illegally.

Close Trump ally Lindell entered the race for governor in December. While he came in third place in a February precinct caucus straw poll and at the party endorsement convention, his presidential endorsement last month has provided a considerable boost to his primary campaign.

Qualls, a former healthcare executive who sought the GOP endorsement for governor in 2022 and previously ran in Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District. The endorsement granted Qualls access to party resources, but it didn’t clear the path to the nomination.

In a statement late Tuesday, Qualls conceded the race.

“I congratulate our next Governor, Lisa Demuth for earning the support of the Republican primary voters,” he said. “I entered this race because I believe Minnesota deserves bold leadership and because I refuse to accept the decline so many Minnesotans see in our state. That belief has not changed.”