In the highly contested recount between incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman and challenger Democratic Farmer Laborer Al Franken, only a few hundred votes are putting Franken in the lead. …
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How did former Sen. Dean Barkley do?
By Trent Hill on November 10, 2008 7:25 PM
Although many pundits expected him to do better, or worse, Dean Barkley managed to capture 15.16% in the US Senate race in Minnesota as the Independence Party candidate.…
Minnesota Independence Party eyes 2010 contests
By PJO on November 9, 2008 5:43 AM
G.R. Anderson writes in the Minnesota Post that Independence Party activists “have their sights set on St. Paul in 2010.” This year, U.S. Senate nominee Dean Barkley “scored more than twice the percentage points he did in Senate bids in 1994 and 1996.…
Independent and alternative party candidates play key role in four US Senate races still to be decided
By paulie on November 5, 2008 7:44 PM
According to CNN
Although Democrats gained a decisive majority in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, their hopes are fading for a filibuster-proof 60 seats.
Four hotly contested Senate races hang in the balance: Alaska, Georgia, Minnesota and Oregon.
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Barkley holding at 16% in Minnesota
By Austin Cassidy on November 5, 2008 1:36 AM
Former U.S. Senate Dean Barkley is holding at about 16% in his race against Norm Coleman and Al Franken. As the candidate of the Minnesota Independence Party, Barkley’s showing will ensure that Minnesota remains a three party state for at least the next several years.…
Barkley launches television spot
By PJO on October 31, 2008 2:14 AM
Minnesota Senate hopeful Barkley’s ex-wife plans to vote for him
By PJO on October 26, 2008 6:32 PM
The Minneapolis Star Tribune profiles ex-senator Dean Barkley of Minnesota, who is seeking to return to the U.S. Senate as the Independence Party candidate. The newspaper says Barkley “drew support from 18 percent of likely voters in the most recent Star Tribune Minnesota Poll — making him a force that matters in the Senate race and eliciting the sincerest form of flattery from his opponents.…
Barkley at 15-16% in two Minnesota U.S. Senate polls
By PJO on October 25, 2008 12:16 AM
A St. Cloud State University poll on the Minnesota U.S. Senate race, conducted October 14-22 (+/- 4.6%), shows Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley at 16%. Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is at 36%, and Democrat Al Franken 27%.…
Barkley polling 14 to 19 percent in Minnesota U.S. Senate race
By PJO on October 10, 2008 2:44 AM
Two recent Minnesota Public Radio/Humphrey Institute polls on the Minnesota U.S. Senate race both find Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley at 14 percent, while a Survey USA poll has Barkley at 19 percent and a recent Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota Poll had Barkley at 18 percent.…