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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,918 posts) Mon May 1, 2017, 02:03 PM May 2017

Former Washington Governor Mike Lowry dead at 78

Former Washington state Governor Mike Lowry has died.

On Monday morning, Governor Jay Inslee’s office confirmed Lowry, 78, passed away.

Lowry, a Democrat, served as the 20th governor of Washington state for one term, from 1993 to 1997. Before that, he served as a representative of the 7th Congressional District.

Lowry was born and raised in St. John Washington and graduated from Washington State University in 1962.

http://mynorthwest.com/618856/former-washington-governor-mike-lowry-dead-at-78/