MyPillow founder and vocal election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell left Steve Bannon stunned with news that he's considering a run for governor of Minnesota.

Each of the state’s constitutional offices will be up for election next November, as well as a US Senate seat that will be left vacant following Sen. Tina Smith’s decision not to run for reelection.

Trump loyalist Steve Bannon was surprised when My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell revealed during an interview that he was contemplating running for Governor of Minnesota. Lindell was asked why Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was “targeting” him with investigations into three charities he is associated with and potential violations of state charity law.

With a 53% approval rating, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ranks in the bottom half of governors nationwide, according to a Morning Consult poll.

She is the latest Republican candidate in a growing field of challengers to Democratic-Farmer-Labor Gov. Tim Walz to highlight the theft of taxpayer dollars by nonprofits.

The move keeps Ellison in lockstep with Gov. Tim Walz, who is also running for a third term. Both were elected to Congress in 2006 — where Ellison represented the mostly-Minneapolis 5th District — then statewide office in 2018.