A Princeton Survey Research Associates International poll conducted for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, of 1,084 likely Minnesota voters (+/- 3.7%), finds Independence Party U.S. Senate nominee Dean Barkley at 18%. Democrat Al Franken is at 43%, and incumbent Republican Norm Coleman 34%.

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A poll done by SurveyUSA September 30th through October 1st was just released and has pegged Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley at 19%. Sen. Coleman polled 43% and Al Franken polled 33%. Barkley had previously polled a high of 14%. We had previously covered the fact that former Governor Jesse Ventura has recorded two radio [...]

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The AP reports Minnesota Independence Party U.S. Senate candidate Dean Barkley is today launching two radio ads featuring former governor Jesse Ventura. Ventura “asks voters to send another ‘wake-up’ call by picking Barkley,” and “also touts Barkley’s record of accomplishment” during his brief service in the Senate in 2002. The ads can be heard here. [...]

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In an article entitled “Spoiler Alert: Independents may Rock the Races,” Politico.com‘s Josh Kraushaar wrote about a range of relatively popular independent or third party candidates and their potential impact on the upcoming election. David Krikorian, an independent running for Congress in Ohio’s 2nd district, was the focus of the article. It said that “of [...]

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The Wall Street Journal has a lengthy story on the impact of Independence Party nominee Dean Barkley in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. The Journal notes Barkley has polled as high as 14% against incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, who “have been waging one of the country’s most aggressive and expensive Senate [...]

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The Minnesota Independence Party’s U.S. Senate candidate Dean Barkley is polling around 14% recently, with his support on the rise as the contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken turns increasingly negative. If that level of support holds or increases, Barkley will be far and away the party’s most successful candidate for Senate… and may [...]

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The Minnesota U.S. Senate campaigns of Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman, and Democrat Al Franken have agreed to hold five debates before Election Day. The debates will take place on October 5, 11, 16, 24, and November 2.

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In Minnesota, Independence Party U.S. Senate nominee Dean Barkley has climbed to 13 percent in the latest Minneapolis Star Tribune poll. Incumbent Republican Norm Coleman is at 41 percent, and Democrat Al Franken 37 percent. The newspaper says Barkley has been “the beneficiary of the crossfire” between the major party candidates. Barkley has “been campaigning [...]

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The Wall Street Journal‘s “Washington Wire” blog says Dean Barkley, “a bus driver, former U.S. senator and major X-factor in the race,” could swing the Minnesota U.S. Senate contest. The latest polls show the contest between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken “is a dead heat (Franken, 41%, and Coleman, 40%). But 8% [...]

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The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is calling for four debates between himself, Democrat Al Franken, and the Independence Party nominee in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race. The Independence Party will select its candidate in a primary this Tuesday.

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IPR was on the scene at this past Tuesday’s Rally for the Republic, keeping tabs on third party activity as Libertarians, Constitutionalists and Ron Paul Republicans collided just 10 miles from the scene of a more subdued major party political gathering. The following photos survived stadium mood-lighting and a camera that was not as good [...]

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Speaking at today’s Rally for the Republic, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said he would run for president in 2012 if he saw “action, not words” from the revolutionaries in attendance. “We’ll give them a race they’ll never forget,” he said. After receiving several huge ovations, Ventura came back to the stage to put in [...]

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Minnesota’s Bemidji Pioneer reports on the Independence Party U.S. Senate primary in Minnesota, where seven candidates — Kurt Anderson, Dean Barkley, Bill Dahn, Darryl Stanton, Jack Uldrich, Doug Williams, and Stephen Williams — will face off on September 9. The winner is expected to be either ex-Sen. Barkley, former party chairman Uldrich, or party convention-endorsed [...]

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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 Party’s nomination… [...]

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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 [...]

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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 will Ventura [...]

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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 [...]

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