Mike Lowry (1939-2017)

Mike Lowry, a Democrat who served in Congress for a decade before ultimately being elected governor in 1992, died Monday following complications from a stroke, according to a news release issued by his family. He was 78.

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Mon., May 1, 2017

In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, photo, former Washington Gov. Mike Lowry is introduced from the gallery in the House chamber before Gov. Chris Gregoire’s final state of the state speech to a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Lowry, a Democrat who served in Congress for a decade before ultimately being elected governor in 1992, died Monday, May 1, 2017, following complications from a stroke, according to a news release issued by his family.

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In this Jan. 23 2009 file photo, former Washington Gov. Al Rosellini, lower left, is presented with a birthday cake by former Gov. Gary Locke, right, as Gov. Chris Gregoire, second from upper left, and former governors Mike Lowry, far left, John Spellman, center, Dan Evans, second from upper right, and Booth Gardner, seated at right, look on at a restaurant in Seattle.

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In this 1993 photo, Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus and Washington Gov. Mike Lowry share a laugh Wednesday at the end of the conference of four governors in Spokane to back a plan to restore the Northwest's wild salmon populations.

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In this 1993 photo, Mike Lowry wades through a tour group of schoolchildren on his way from a press conference to another meeting.

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In this 1993 photo, WSU President Sam Smith, left and Gov. Mike Lowry congratulate a graduate at WSU's 97th commencement.

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In this 1993 photo, Mike Lowry shares a laugh with his wife, Mary.

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In this 1988 photo, Slade Gorton, left, greets Mike Lowry at a debate.

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In this 1988 photo, Joseph Randolph takes senatorial candidate Mike Lowry through the rapids of the Spokane River.

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