Dean Barkley Official Bio

Dean Barkley

Dean Malcolm Barkley is an American attorney and politician who briefly served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2002 to 2003 as a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota. The founder and chair of the Minnesota Reform Party , he chaired Jesse Ventura's successful bid for governor of Minnesota in 1998. Ventura subsequently appointed him director of the state's Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Dean Barkley has 17 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1994 Forum as a U.S. Senate Candidate for the Independence Party of Minnesota. The year with the most videos was 2002 with seven videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1995 with an average of 707 views per program. Most appearances with Al Franken (4), Norm Coleman (4), Nicholas Sabatine (3). Most common tags: Senate, Minnesota, Third Parties.

Appearances by Title:c. December 1, 1998 - Present Chairman, Ventura Gubernatorial Campaign


Videos: 1

Previously

U.S. Senator, I-MN November 5, 2002 - January 3, 2003 Videos: 11 U.S. Senate Candidate, Reform Party, I-MN c. August 11, 1996 - c. December 1, 1998 Videos: 3 U.S. Senate Candidate, Independence Party of Minnesota c. October 3, 1994 - c. August 11, 1996 Videos: 2 U.S. Representative Candidate, Independence Party of Minnesota c. January 4, 1993 - c. October 3, 1994 Videos: 0

Recent Appearances

  • Minnesota Senate Debate

    Minnesota Senate Debate

    Republican Senator Norm Coleman, Independence Party candidate former Senator Dean Barkley, and Democrat candidate Al Franken …

  • Minnesota Senate Debate

    Minnesota Senate Debate

    Candidates participated in a televised debate in their campaign for U.S. Senate. They remained seated at a table in a school …

  • Minnesota Senate Debate

    Minnesota Senate Debate

    Republican Senator Norm Coleman, Independence Party candidate former Senator Dean Barkley, and DFL candidate Al Franken parti…

  • Minnesota Senate Debate

    Minnesota Senate Debate

    Senatorial candidates held a televised debate moderated by state and local journalists held at a community college in Rochest…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

  • Interim Senator Perspective

    Interim Senator Perspective

    Interim Senator Dean Barkley talked about his appointment to the Senate as a replacement for Senator Paul Wellstone and his d…

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