Apologies to fans of professional wrestling – including you, Connecticut Senate candidate Linda McMahon – but this list of comedic officeholders didn't seem complete without wrestler-turned-Minnesota Gov. Jesse "The Body" Ventura.
Mr. Ventura successfully turned a career on the full-contact soap opera into a term in Minnesota's governor's mansion as a member of the Independence Party. Since leaving political office in 2003, Ventura has written three books, two of which allege government conspiracies tied to the attacks of Sept. 11.
Ventura's candidacy for governor was seen by many as a joke at first – his only other experience in elected office came as mayor of Brooklyn Park, Minn., in the mid-90s.
