MN: Ventura out, but ally Dean Barkley set to run for U.S. Senate
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Former Minn. Gov. Jesse Venture told a national TV audience Monday night that he's not running for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Republican Norm Coleman.
But that's not the end of the story; here's more from MinnPost.com
Jesse Ventura may be out of the picture, but the Independence Party still could be a factor in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota.Read the full MinnPost.com article
Dean Barkley, who was appointed by Gov. Ventura to fill out Paul Wellstone's term in the Senate after Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, told MinnPost Monday night that he will file Tuesday to run for Senate in the Independence Party primary.
"I'm not Jesse, but I have the same passion,'' said Barkley, who has been involved in several forms of the Independence Party movement since 1992
