Dean Barkley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Dean Barkley

American politician

Date of Birth: 31-Aug-1950

Place of Birth: Annandale, Minnesota, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician, president

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dean Malcolm Barkley (born August 31, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2002 to 2003.
A founder and chair of the Minnesota Reform Party (the predecessor of the Independence Party of Minnesota), he chaired Jesse Ventura's successful 1998 gubernatorial campaign; Ventura subsequently appointed him director of the state's Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning, and appointed Barkley to the U.S.
Senate after the death of Paul Wellstone.
Barkley ran as the Independence Party's candidate for the Senate in 2008, finishing third as Democrat Al Franken defeated the Republican incumbent Norm Coleman by 312 votes.Barkley is now a legal partner at The Engel Firm in Minneapolis.