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Former Sen. Dean Barkley who engineered Jesse Ventura's surprise election as Minnesota governor is joining author Kinky Friedman's independent bid for governor of Texas
Former Sen. Dean Barkley who engineered Jesse Ventura's surprise election as Minnesota governor is joining author Kinky Friedman's independent bid for governor of Texas
Ex-Senator Joins Kinky Friedman's Campaign
By KELLEY SHANNON
Associated Press Writer
April 29, 2005, 10:05 PM EDT
AUSTIN, Texas -- A former senator who engineered Jesse Ventura's surprise election as Minnesota governor is joining author Kinky Friedman's independent bid for governor of Texas.
Former Sen. Dean Barkley, who has recently been a consultant and lobbyist, will serve as campaign director and chief strategist, Friedman announced Friday.
Barkley founded Minnesota's Independence Party and in 1997 recruited Ventura, a former pro wrestler and actor, to run the following year. As governor, Ventura appointed Barkley to fill the vacancy left when Sen. Paul D. Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002.
Friedman must collect 45,539 voter signatures after the spring 2006 primary to make the November ballot. Republican Gov. Rick Perry is seeking re-election next year, and GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and former U.S. Rep. Chris Bell, a Democrat, are among his expected challengers.
Luis Saenz, director of Perry's campaign, said of Barkley: "I'm sure he will at least be able to help the Kinkster sell more books."
Barkley said the key to Friedman winning will be stirring voter interest, noting that in Texas' 2002 gubernatorial election, turnout was 29.3 percent.
"That leaves more than 70 percent of Texans who chose to stay home rather than vote," Barkley said.
Friedman -- whose books include "Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned" and "Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette" -- said his candidacy should be taken seriously.
"What better place for an independent to win than Texas?" he said. "And if it can be done, I think every career politician in the country is going to feel a little shiver up his spine."
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