Question: What was the name of the national chairman of the party that took on the chair of the Minnesota Reform Party in an advisory role?
Sentence (from "Dean Barkley"): 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.
Relevant evidence: Yes