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Barkley Slips Into the Picture

By Shira Toeplitz
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 7, 2008, Midnight

Is the “Dean of the Senate” staging a comeback? It appears that former Minnesota Sen. Dean Barkley (I) has a chance to get elected to the Senate on the Independence Party ticket in November — or at least drastically affect the results of one of the most hotly contested races in the country.

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