Dean Barkley
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About
Minnesota politician who was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2002 after Senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash.
Before Fame
He received his BA from the University of Minnesota in 1972 and his JD from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1976. He volunteered for George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign.
Trivia
He ran as the Independence Party's candidate for the Senate in 2008, but came in third to Al Franken and Norm Coleman.
Family Life
He has a daughter named Brooke.
Associated With
He was chairman of Jesse Ventura's successful gubernatorial campaign in 1998 and was later appointed to the Senate.
