It'll no doubt go to recount.
Coleman 1,210,790 42%
Franken 1,210,028 42%
Barkley 437,146 15%
I think this Barkley guy is screwing it up for Franken.
>>Dean Barkley was born in the small central Minnesota town of Annandale, where his parents owned the local furniture store. He worked there throughout his youth and ran the store for a time after his father suffered a heart attack. Barkley attended the University of Minnesota where he earned both a bachelor's degree and a law degree.
Beginning in 1992, Barkley made three unsuccessful third-party bids — for Congress in 1992, and for the U.S. Senate in 1994 and 1996. In 1998 he urged former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura to run for governor of Minnesota, and served as campaign manager guiding Ventura to his surprise victory. He went on to serve in Ventura's Cabinet.
When Democratic Sen. Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash in 2002, Ventura appointed Barkley to fill the remaining 62 days on Wellstone's term. Since that time, Barkley has practiced law, worked several jobs and managed writer and singer Kinky Friedman's unsuccessful independent 2006 bid for governor of Texas.
After Ventura opted not to run for U.S. Senate in Minnesota in 2008, Barkley announced he would run in Ventura's place. In September of 2008, he won the Independence Party primary and will face Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken in the November election.
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