Dean Barkley

Farmfest

08/05/08
U.S. Senate candidates U.S. Senate candidates Al Franken, Norm Coleman, Dean Barkley and Steve Williams debated outside of Redwood Falls. Energy was the top topic. Discluded candidates Priscilla Lord Faris, Jack Uldrich and Ole Savior are here standing by in protest.
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They Want to Be Your Senator (08/01/08)

A few weeks back we introduced you to the endorsed Independence Party candidate for U.S. Senate. This week we hear from two other well-known candidates running in the IP Senate primary.

Campaign Notebook

07/18/08
Looking back at the week in politics, the U.S. Senate race was the story. From Jesse Ventura's announcement with Larry King on CNN that he wasn't running to 7 Independence Party members jumping in from former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley and former IP Chair Jack Uldrich. Getting less press is the fact there are also 7 DFLers in this race, most notably Priscilla Lord Faris who is challenging Al Franken. It was a madhouse outside the secretary of state's office for candidate filing.
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Mary's Campaign Notebook (07/18/08)

A wild and wacky filing deadline day forms the basis of Mary Lahammer's look at the week in politics.

IP's First Ad

07/17/08
One of the Independence Party candidates for U.S. Senate, Jack Uldrich, tried to prove he's going to have a different approach to his campaign. He rolled out a YouTube-inspired web commercial. Uldrich is a smart and thoughtful guy, but this ad may be too smart and too complicated for the web. One young person who saw the ad told me it's too long and confusing.
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Last-Minute Senate Surge

07/15/08
The media were there in mass to watch the unpredictable last-minute candidate filings at the secretary of state's office. The Independence Party of Minnesota will have quite the spirited primary with more than half a dozen candidates now in the mix.
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Ventura for Senate? (06/20/08)

Few know Jesse Ventura so well — and talk politics to him as often — as former Senator Dean Barkley. Dean drops by Studio B to talk turkey with us.

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