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{{Officeholder
|name=Dean Barkley
|image=DeanBarkley.jpg
|party=[[Independent]]
|spouse=none
|religion=Lutheran
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Minnesota
|terms=November 4, 2002 – January 3, 2003
|preceded=[[Paul Wellstone]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Norm Coleman]]
}}
}}
'''Dean Barkley''' was a United States Senator for two months, from November 2002 to January 2003 and was appointed to that seat by [[Minnesota]] governor [[Jesse Ventura]] to fill the seat vacated by the death of [[Paul Wellstone]].
'''Dean Barkley''' was a United States Senator for two months, from November 2002 to January 2003 and was appointed to that seat by [[Minnesota]] governor [[Jesse Ventura]] to fill the seat vacated by the death of [[Paul Wellstone]].
Dean Barkley was a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota, formerly the [[Reform Party]] of Minnesota. He had previously directed the office of Minnesota Planning during the Jesse Ventura administration, and run twice for the U.S. Senate and once for the U.S. House on the Reform Party ticket. During his short term in the Senate, he chose not to caucus with either major party despite being courted by both.
Dean Barkley was a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota, formerly the [[Reform Party]] of Minnesota. He had previously directed the office of Minnesota Planning during the Jesse Ventura administration, and run twice for the U.S. Senate and once for the U.S. House on the Reform Party ticket. During his short term in the Senate, he chose not to caucus with either major party despite being courted by both.
He was the first member of the United States Senate from a "third party" since [[James L. Buckley]] was elected to the U.S. Senate on the [[Conservative Party of New York]] ticket (1971-1977).
He was the first member of the United States Senate from a "third party" since [[James L. Buckley]] was elected to the U.S. Senate on the [[Conservative Party of New York]] ticket (1971-1977).