The Independence Party of Minnesota (often abbreviated IPM, MNIP or IP), formerly the Reform Party of Minnesota, is a political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
 It was the party of former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura (1999–2003).
Mae A. Schunk (née Gasparac; born May 21, 1934) served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003.
 Elected on the same ticket as Jesse Ventura in 1998, she became the first Reform Party member elected as lieutenant governor of any state (The party later changed its name to the "Independence Party of Minnesota").
The 2002 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002 for the post of Governor of Minnesota.
 Republican candidate Tim Pawlenty defeated Democratic candidate Roger Moe and Independence Party of Minnesota candidate Tim Penny.
 Due to a state economy in recession and underwater approval ratings, Incumbent Independence Party Governor Jesse Ventura chose not to seek reelection.
The 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998.
 Reform Party candidate Jesse Ventura defeated Republican Party challenger Norm Coleman and Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party challenger Hubert H. "Skip" Humphrey III.
 Ventura governed with a DFL-controlled state Senate and a Republican-controlled state House.
Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura is an American television series hosted by Jesse Ventura and broadcast on truTV.
 It ran for three seasons from 2009 to 2012 and was canceled in 2013.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate from 1999 to 2002.
 Half of the state senators had been elected at the March 1996 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2002; the other half of the state senators were elected at the October 1998 election and had terms due to finish on 30 June 2005.
 The territory senators were elected at the October 1998 election and their terms ended at the dissolution of the House of Representatives, which was November 2001.
Dean Malcolm Barkley (born August 31, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a United States Senator from Minnesota from 2002 to 2003.
 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.
 Barkley ran as the Independence Party's candidate for the Senate in 2008, finishing third as Democrat Al Franken defeated the Republican incumbent Norm Coleman by 312 votes.
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born June 26, 1942) is a former Minnesota politician who served as Attorney General of the state from 1983 to 1999.
 He was a state senator from 1973 to 1983.
 Humphrey led the Office of Older Americans as the Assistant Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
The 2002 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 2002.
 Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone was running for re-election to a third term, but died in a plane crash eleven days before the election.
 The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) chose former Vice President and 1984 Presidential candidate Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone on the ballot.
 Mondale lost to Republican Mayor of Saint Paul Norm Coleman.
 The day before the election, Independence Governor Jesse Ventura had appointed Dean Barkley (IP) to serve the rest of Wellstone's term.
 As of 2017, this is the last Senate election in Minnesota won by a Republican.
Tyrel Ventura (born 1979) is an American television and film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
 He was an investigator, alongside his father, politician and former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura, in the truTV series "Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura".

Question: What other public job did Jesse Ventura's challenger in the Minnesota 1998 election hold?
Answer: Attorney General of the state