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Barkley was born in Annandale, Minnesota. He received his BA and JD from the University of Minnesota.

Barkley had been appointed director of the Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning (known as Minnesota Planning) by Governor Jesse Ventura in January 1999. An early activist in the Minnesota Reform Party, Barkley ran for the U.S. HouseThe House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the United States Congress, the other being the United States Senate. Members Members of the House are elected for a term of two years. Elections alternately coincide with the president in 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi and the U.S. Senate in 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an and 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan and was chairman of Ventura's successful gubernatorial campaign. Prior to entering government, Barkley practiced law and ran several small businesses.

Ventura appointed Barkley to complete the Senate term of Paul WellstonePaul David Wellstone ( July 21, 1944 October 25, 2002) was a Democratic U. senator from Minnesota, elected in 1990 and serving until his death in a plane crash in 2002. He was an avowed liberal, and was one of the strongest spokesmen for the left wing of, who died in a plane crash on October 25October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. Events 1415 The army of Henry V of England defeats the French army at the Battle of Agincourt 1662 King Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to. Barkley served until the 107th CongressThe 107th Congress met from January 3, 2001 to January 6, 2003. Members of the 107th United States Congress as of May 2002: Public laws The 107th Congress passed a total of 377 public laws. 5764 House and 3181 Senate bills were proposed, as well as 521 Ho ended on January 3, 2003, when he was replaced by Norm Coleman, who had been elected on November 5, 2002 to the term lasting from 2003 to 2009.

Barkley's appointment was somewhat controversial, as Ventura had previously stated that he would not appoint a replacement for Wellstone, preferring to wait for the election results. Ventura's subsequent reversal was explained by him as being due to his disgust at Wellstone's memorial service, which he felt was used as a political rally for the Democratic Party. This was compounded by the fact that the established political parties refused to take the third-party candidate for the position seriously, or to allow that person to participate in pre-election debates.

During his short tenure, Barkley passed legislation establishing a memorial for Wellstone and provided the pivotal vote in clearing the final passage of the Homeland Security Act . Barkley briefly considered resigning a few days early to give incoming Senator Coleman higher seniority but decided against it upon learning that the seniority would only affect office space and other perks but not committee assignments.