Former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley (I-MN) has decided that he will seek to take back his seat from Norm Coleman. Barkley had been aggressively working to convince Jesse Ventura to run, but with Ventura’s announcement that he won’t be a candidate Barkley is jumping in.
In 1992, Barkley ran for U.S. Congress and won 16% [...]

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Former U.S. Senator Dean Barkley (I-MN) sat down to talk with a reporter from MinnPost.com about what would be involved if Jesse Ventura takes the plunge and announced a run for Norm Coleman’s Senate seat. One of the interesting things he touches on is the concept of a contested primary for the Independence [...]

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Even though the Independence Party of Minnesota has endorsed Stephen Williams for U.S. Senate, that doesn’t mean that former governor Jesse Ventura is out of the race. He recently told the Associated Press that he would announce his plans on Tuesday, July 15.
Earlier, it was expected that the Minnesota Independence Party would nominate either Ventura [...]

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Dean Barkley announced he will not run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, but is still hopeful that ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura will run. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is seeking reelection to a seat Barkley held briefly in 2002 after the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone. Al Franken is the Democratic candidate.

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Following up on his earlier Minnesota Post report, Doug Grow says ex-Sen. Dean Barkley won “that big Wednesday golf match” against ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura. “If you’ll recall,” Grow writes, “the winner of the match supposedly would NOT run for Senate as an Independent candidate against Republican Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken. So [...]

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Doug Grow of the Minnesota Post writes that Minnesota ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura and ex-interim senator Dean Barkley are scheduled to play a round of golf today, and “Barkley wants this to be a high-stakes game.”
“Whoever wins the match does NOT run for Senate,” said Barkley. “And believe me, I can beat Jesse.” That means [...]

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As recently reported by IPR, Jesse Ventura is expected to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate “in the not-too-distant future.” However, it is not entirely clear if Ventura would do so as a candidate for the Independence Party — or as an unaffiliated, independent candidate.
Politics1 lists Ventura as a potential small-i independent. The articles [...]

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Jesse Ventura, whom some have speculated might run for the open U.S. Senate in Minnesota under the Independence Party label, is rumored to be hedging closer to a run.
As if the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota weren’t murky enough, sources close to former Governor Jesse Ventura confirm that he is all but certain to throw [...]

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There has been wild speculation, especially in the last couple of days, that either Dean Barkley or Jesse Ventura will run for Senate in Minnesota against Norm Coleman-(R) and Al Franken-(D).
“More or less, I’m a wrestling fan, but I also understand how important he is in the history of Minnesota,” said Tim Pulkrabek, 31, a [...]

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Ballot-Access News just reported:

The ballot-qualified Minnesota Independence Party holds a primary in September. Filing is in July. Press reports from Minnesota indicate that both Jesse Ventura and Dean Barkley are considering running for U.S. Senate. Each defers to the other and says, “I won’t run unless (the other) doesn’t want to run.” The party must [...]

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