The interim senator from Minnesota, Dean Barkley, also voted with the Republicans to keep the business provisions in the bill.
Dean Barkley's senatorial papers are in the library of the Minnesota Historical Society.
Not so, say Doug Friedline and Dean Barkley, the political masterminds of Mr. Ventura's 1998 victory.
The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Dean Barkley, who ran in that election as a third-party candidate.
Coleman succeeded Dean Barkley, who had been appointed by Ventura to serve the remaining two months of Wellstone's term.
The day before the election, independent Governor Jesse Ventura had appointed Dean Barkley to serve the rest of Wellstone's term.
August 31 - Dean Barkley, Senator for Minnesota from 2002 till 2003.
Dean Barkley, a former United States Senator and Independence Party activist, agreed to play an advisory role with the new party.
Ventura scheduled multiple famous friends to appear for his seminars including Dean Barkley and Richard Marcinko.
There will be 48 Democrats, and two independents, James Jeffords of Vermont and Dean Barkley of Minnesota.